Never Too Far Novel

“Aren’t we gonna get caught for this?” asked Willow uneasily as she returned to the passenger seat. She had grown up being a good girl and a law-abiding citizen. Sitting in the stolen vehicle, she couldn’t help feeling a prick of conscience, because the camper van’s owner’s trip was now ruined thanks to them.

“No, we won’t,” replied Jasper impassively.

“Why are you so confident of that?!”

“I’ve hacked all the surveillance cameras along the way. The police can’t track us down.” That’s how confident I am, thought Jasper.

Willow’s beautiful eyes goggled with astonishment at his words. So, the program running on his laptop was to turn off the surveillance cameras along the way? Just what kind of stuff did this guy learn? He’s got extraordinary fighting skills and such a high degree of intelligence. He’s got really good DNA! All of a sudden, the idea of stealing the man’s DNA sprang up in her mind. As soon as it crossed her mind, however, she blushed crimson with embarrassment. Pfft! How could I have such an idea?!

Just then, Jasper turned on the music, perhaps because he thought it was stuffy inside the camper van.

As the especially nerve-soothing music entered her mind, Willow watched the evening landscape flash past the window. It doesn’t feel bad to be on the run like this! As she kept watching, however, she drifted off to sleep, her head leaning against the window.

By the time she woke up, it was pitch dark outside the window. She had absolutely no idea where she was; Jasper, who had been next to her, was nowhere to be found. “Jasper!” she called out his name in fright.

Just then, the door opened, and Jasper showed up immediately. “What’s wrong?”

embarrassed. She explained,

“A wilderness,” he replied.

this late hour, this scene looked kind of scary. However, her keen nose caught a whiff of cooked food, which she had been missing for a long time. Smells like some grilled steak. She got out of the camper van and came to the tent next to it. The man was here, holding a frying pan and pan-frying an appetizing and tender steak. Not only that, it was complemented with all kinds of side dishes—just like the ones that one would eat in a steakhouse. “Wow! It smells so good!” She sat down with starry eyes while waiting

piece of grilled steak on

expected, the steak was delicious. She had eaten in the mountains before, but this was her first time eating alone like this

Jasper said to

“What about you?”

“I’ll clean this up.”

it with you!” Willow thought she

on her arm. She slapped her hand down on it and saw a squashed mosquito on

will only serve as mosquito food here with her

it anymore, Willow had no choice but to get back into the camper van first. She turned on the lights in the vehicle. Back in the afternoon, she had only cared about whether there was food in the fridge, so she hadn’t noticed that this whole camper van was actually decorated in a really cozy way.

and drinking glasses—which made her feel a little guilty. And now, all of these were going to

only May at the moment, and the night was slightly chilly. Willow unfolded the rollaway bed, which was just big enough for two

had gone out; only this

sitting on the bed. The moment the man entered, it was as though the seemingly luxurious space had instantly become cramped. “Let’s go to sleep. I’m turning off the lights now,” he

the way here in the afternoon, Willow was unable to sleep at this moment. She couldn’t help but plead, “Can we keep the lights on for a