A car aproaches

You spot a dust storm down the road, a big pickup truck is approaching. You preemptively squirm in anticipation of the new pair of eyes that will canvas your body.

With luck, the vehicle will just keep going. But, if there´s anything you lack, it's luck. The truck parks next to you. There are three occupants in the vehicle, and your stomach practically turns into a black hole when you recognize them.

“Why did we stop?” asks Sam, the blue-haired clerk from the electronics store.

“To look at her!” replied Susie, the cashier from the minimarket.

“Poor girl…” said Mina, the waitress from the coffee shop.

“Don´t say that! This is the woman that stripped me at work and got me in trouble with Cecilia!” snapped Susie.

“What?” Sam squints at you. “Wait a minute, she did the same thing to me!”

“Me too! What are the odds?” Mina adds.

“Ha! Looks like she got in trouble with someone else.” Lucy says, taking a picture of your predicament.

“Serves her right.”

“H-hi girls,” you meekly say hello.

“Did someone finally get tired of your shit?”

“Language, Susie!”

“Fuck off, I´m off the clock.”

“Look, I´ve been thoroughly humiliated, I´m m-mortified beyond belief and my feet are cold! I´m very sorry about what I did to each of you, but can we put it in the past? and can you please untie me?” You don’t think the trio is liable to help, but´s it´s worth a shot.

The girls whisper at each other before giggling. “We can do better than that. Look, I´m on my way to close one of our failing branches a few towns over that way. If you want, we can give you a lift.”

“Really? You would do that?”

“Sure. What do you say?” The two other girls cackle some more.

“Of course, thanks!”

“I changed my mind. Put my back on the tree.”

“What? Are you spurning our hospitality? Too late for that, you are already strapped in.”

“What hospitality? At least let me ride inside!”

“We don’t have space in the truck, so you´ll have to ride out back.”

“But why the rope?” You ask, tugging your arms and trying to move your legs.

“Security first! There aren´t any seatbelts back here, so we had to improvise!” Each of your limbs is bound to the railings at your sides. Your arms are open like you are about to hug an invisible man, and your legs are spread.

“And the door? Does it have to be down?”

“It doesn’t have to be, but it´s kinda broken and we can´t pull it up. Honest.” Right, anyone behind the truck can clearly take a look at your intimates, and you have no way to stop them! This is worse than the tree! Maybe? You´ll find out soon enough.

The truck gets moving, you enter the busy highway. Cars line up behind you, a lot of them honk when they see you. A few cars swerve out of the lane to stop the family inside from looking at you. A jolly trucker passes next to the pickup truck and gives you a thumbs up.

Gosh, why is there so much traffic! You half expect that Susie picked this lane to mortify you as much as she could! Yep, this is at least equally bad as the tree, worse even! You hope you´ll reach that stupid store soon.

“Hey, Susie. Mind if we take the scenic route?”

“Oh, and can we take a quick stop on the mall next town over? There´s this new store there that I want to check out.”

“Sure, there is no rush.”

Whatever the case, you have a long ride ahead of you. At least it can´t get any worse.

THE END