Professional Curiosity

VANCE

The sleek car engine idled quietly in the deep, enveloping dark. I sat motionless in the driver's seat, letting the low, steady hum vibrate through the heavy steering wheel and straight into my bones. My hands rested loosely on my lap. The city outside my tinted windows carried on with its usual late-night rhythm, flashing cheap neon signs and spilling drunk patrons onto the uneven sidewalk