They pulled off the main road and followed the maze of circular single lanes, desperate to get to the station before the last fumes of diesel burnt off. The yellow light had been glaring at them for the last 30 minutes and the relief was palatable when they saw the red Cepsa sign.
They didn’t have long, Darren jumped out of the car, pulled his hat down to cover his eyes and shouted ‘Full’ at the attendant. Half running, half walking he entered the shop to pay. Moments later he returned to see Andy starring into the middle distance.
‘What? It’s them?’ He said, there was a moment of silence between them, Darren’s heart started to beat ten to the dozen, he followed Andy’s gaze expecting to see a line of Police cars, but he could see nothing of the kind.
‘No…’ Andy said slowly… ‘Look at that fucking sunset… Wow’