Murder On The Mainline - S01 E22

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Murder On The Mainline - S01 E22

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 22

Trudy comes out of the sleeper and he fills her in on where they are going. She watches the flat prairie roll by and says, "Are we going to be home tomorrow night?"

"Oh, I think so. It will probably be late."

"I didn't figure on more than two days. I'll have to make some calls if we aren't home before morning day after tomorrow."

"Tired of my company already?"

"You know better. It's Crystal. I have to keep in touch with her or she'll be wondering and worrying. She shouldn't be worrying about her mother, she should be concentrating on school and play and just being a girl."

"Yeah, I know what you mean."

"Do you think I should be raising her alone?"

"What? What you thinking?"

"Do you think I should have another one?"

"Haven't you got your hands full already?"

"Sometimes I wonder that's all."

"Trudy, you have that gleam in your eye. You haven't stopped taking the pill, have you?"

"No! I'd tell you if I had."

"Yeah, I thought so."

As they near Edmonton the sun is low in the sky on their left. Mike drops the train of trailers in the yard and hooks up on the trailer for Vanderhoof. He talks with Toronto and they tell him to bob tail from Prince George to Sicamous.

Out of Edmonton on sixteen to the truck stop at Edson Mike is facing the setting sun and it's dark when they pull in behind the service center. He parks by other rigs near the fence. Trudy gets out with him and they head for the bathrooms. They meet back in the cafe for a bite.

"Are we staying here tonight?"

"I thought we'd better. I'm starting to get laggy on the shifts and we'll soon be back into the mountains. You tired enough to sleep?"

"Later. I'm not that tired yet." She looks at him knowingly. Mike just grins as he reaches across and takes her hands in his.

"Finish your coffee then... or do you want to bring it along?"

"It's finished. Let's go."

Hand in hand they return to the rig and she climbs up his side ahead of him, over his seat and into the sleeper. He just grins as he clambers up and watches her bare bottom ahead of him. "You do that on purpose, don't you?"

"What did you say?" She looks back with a mischievous grin. "I didn't hear you." She wiggles her ass and disappears behind the curtain. He follows her.

Much later she comes out through the curtain and perches on the console in her cowboy hat. Mike pulls on his jeans and a pair of slippers. "I'm going for coffee. You want one?"

"Yeah, I'll join you."

"You can't go like that in only a cowboy hat."

"I'll grab a robe and wait for you outside the cafe. You can bring me out a cup."

"Okay. I'm going then." He starts to leave and she says, "Wait for me."

She follows him to the service station and uses the Ladies while he's inside. When he comes back out they take their coffee back towards the rig. They stop by the fence and marvel at the Northern Lights throwing bands of color in the sky overhead. Mike lifts her up on a rail and she leans against his shoulder as they drink and chat, watching the sky.

Mike says, "Going to be a hot clear day tomorrow. By this time tomorrow we should be back down near the valley. I guess I should call home but I almost dread to hear what has been happening. Nina wasn't supposed to go in to work today so there won't be anything new there. Marlene will be upset with me because Jeff is in such a bad mood over events, he won't be giving her any attention. Probably Marlene and Nina spent the day together."

"They are probably having a lesbian affair by now and they'll kick you out so you can come live with your mistress."

"Get serious!"

"I can dream, can't I?"

"You want to carry your dream to its logical conclusion, I'll move in with my mistress and keep her knocked up. We'll raise a dozen kids, and I'll seek peace with some other waitress on the road somewhere else."

"No! You tease! Let's go back to bed."

He lifts her off the fence rail, kisses her and carries her to the truck. She goes up the ladder ahead of him and he reaches up for a little feel as he follows. She stops to let him have a good feel then goes over the console with him in hot pursuit.