Selina said with a smile, "Well, it's like we're on a hike."
Luke didn't mind her mentioning the sensitive word travel, and simply nodded in acknowledgment.
There was nobody around. The vast plain and woods in front of them had a magnificent and desolate beauty to it with the bloody sunset.
They walked for half an hour, when Selina suddenly exclaimed in delight, "Ah, there's a house there?"
Luke saw it too and smiled. "Okay, at least we can call for help."
The two of them walked for more than ten minutes before they arrived in front of the house.
It was a fairly large bungalow with an eye-catching sign — Hostel.
It was a hotel, but it didn't have a name.
They walked into the hotel, but didn't see anyone inside.
Luke called out, "Is anyone here?"
After a brief silence, a man emerged from a hallway.
It was a middle-aged Caucasian man. He was plain-looking and unkempt.
Selena furrowed her brows.
She didn't discriminate against workers. She had grown up in Texas, and didn't care about that.
But the man in front of her had a messy beard, and his plaid shirt and jeans were dirty, as if they hadn't been washed in days.
Even from several meters away, Selina and Selina smelled a strong body odor.
You're running a hotel like this? Selina complained inwardly.
Luke, however, ignored it and simply asked with a smile, "Excuse me, do you have a phone here? Our car broke down, and we'd like to borrow a phone to call a towing company. "
The man nodded and said, "There's no phone here."
Luke said, "Oh, is there a car here? Can you give us a ride? "
The man said, "My wife went shopping in Wolfkyle, and we don't have a car right now. So, do you want to stay in the hotel or not? "
Luke and Selina looked at each other, and vaguely understood what the guy was getting at. If they didn't pay for a night, they wouldn't have anything in the hotel.
This kind of inn wasn't unique to any country. As long as it was an inn in the wilderness, it would be easy to find this kind of weirdo.
Looking at the sky outside the window, Luke and Selina knew that it would be late at night even if they went to Wolfkyle. They would have to find a hotel to sleep in anyway.
A moment later, they got two single rooms, and Luke asked, "Excuse me, is there a" spare "phone or car here?"
The owner had paid ninety dollars for two rooms. It was time for him to tell the truth.
But the shopkeeper told them that his wife would bring the goods from Wolfkyle in the morning, and that she could take them there.
Luke and Selina could only remain silent.
Then, the two of them went out and walked around the hotel. They helplessly realized that there were no cars or phones here.
The hotel was only so big, and it was desolate outside. It was easy to see if there was a telephone line or a car. Of course, there was no mobile signal either.
Selina asked, "Did we misunderstand him? He didn't intentionally let us stay here for one night? "
Luke said, "Hehe, I can only say that she did a good job."
The shopkeeper could find people to deliver goods and necessities from time to time, but the travellers could not.
When he thought about the flat tires of his car and the RV, he understood what was going on.
Living off the mountain and living off the river. Of course, living off the highway would benefit from passing vehicles.
But was it really okay to do that? Damn it, you're not co-operating with the tow repair shop in Wolfkyle, are you?
Luke complained inwardly. He was already convinced that this was a local motel that specialized in screwing over passersby.
He could earn a sum from the rent, a sum from the food, and another sum from the repair of the car. This could be considered a golden idea to get rich through hard work.
They wouldn't be able to reach Wolfkyle without paying hundreds of dollars for each car.
When they reached Wolfkyle, Luke would definitely report them to the police department. Even if he couldn't punish them, he could at least disgust these crooked fellows who made their fortune through dishonest means.
In the end, Luke and Selina didn't dare order food in the hotel. Considering the shopkeeper's hygiene, they wondered if lice might have fallen into the food.
They could only buy packaged food at the counter, such as sandwiches and canned food.
Those things were also ridiculously expensive, and were twice as expensive as the supermarkets in the city.
Luke and Selina spent fifty dollars on a casual meal, which was more expensive than fast food in the city.
As usual, Luke and Selina wandered around the area before it got dark.
It was important to familiarize yourself with the environment in any place.
But since they didn't have a car, they couldn't walk very far.
When the two of them finished their meal and returned to the inn, they saw four familiar people.
They were a middle-aged couple and a boy and a girl. They were the family whose RV had a flat tire.
Clearly, they had also chosen to walk, and had arrived at the same place.
The middle-aged couple greeted Luke and Selina when they saw them.
After all, Luke and Selina were both good-looking. One was gentle, and the other was beautiful. Most people would like to get close to them.
Luke and Selina didn't go back to their room, which didn't even have a TV. The hotel was completely isolated from the outside world.
As they chatted, they learned that the middle-aged man was Bob Carter, a detective in Cleveland.
He had taken his family to Texas on vacation to enjoy the magnificent scenery here.
The middle-aged woman was his wife, Asel, and the boy and girl were his eldest daughter, Brenda, and his youngest son, Bobby.
Brenda had nothing to do after graduating from high school, and Bobby was still a sophomore.
Of course, it was only Luke's guess that Brenda had nothing to do. After all, if she wanted to go to college after graduating from high school, she would either be starting school now or finding a school as soon as possible.
She must be from a rich family and had already arranged everything for her, or she was someone like Brenda who had no intention of going to college at all.
Bobby's high school was temporarily suspended for ten days due to special circumstances.
Luke and Selina didn't reveal their identities as detectives, mainly because it wasn't necessary.
They weren't here to show off their skills, but simply to take a walk before they returned to Houston.
As they chatted, Brenda became more interested in Luke.
Apart from her father and brother, there were only two men in the hotel.
She preferred talking to Luke, who was young and handsome, compared with the owner of the hotel who had ripped off her family.
The hotel owner didn't say anything. He simply poured himself a glass of wine and drank it at the counter not far away.
At ten in the evening, Luke and Selina said goodbye and returned to their room.
In the bathroom, Luke reminded Selina to be careful. After all, they were in the middle of nowhere, and they had to be careful.
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