We’re not sure whether it was deserted because of a poor economy or because it was just Sunday.
Up the next day. Bright and early. Maddicks was in the shower by 7.30. I was in bed. Maddicks was out of the shower by 8 o’clock. I was in bed. The day had begun and another day of traveling beckoned. We picked up our bags and made it out into the freezing morning. The streets were completely empty. Were we really up that early? Before the rest of the city? When we got to the shopping centre that the car slept beneath, we realized we were. It was Sunday. Nothing open. No one around. We inspected the metal shutters covering the way to the car. We looked at each other. No way in meant no way out. Stuck in the city.