There was an undeniable tension in the car as he started up the engine again, not even looking Murphy's way. Even if he'd wanted to look at him, shame and the edge from the drug kept his eyes to himself. Well, to the road.

"Well, thanks anyway." He tried to keep his voice upbeat.

He eased the vehicle back into the street, signalling but doing it a bit too late to make a difference. What's it matter. There was no one on the road anyway.

He drove in silence for a while, not bothering to glance at the green signs indicating their location as he turned onto the stretch of highway between this city and the next.