Man gives hitchhiker a lift home-and is shocked by the news the next day

 Carter glanced at his watch and realized he still had 45 minutes left in his truck with the strange girl. He occasionally stole a glance at the girl, but she remained motionless, ghost-like, staring straight ahead without saying a word. The silence between them lingered, and an awkward tension hung in the air.Carter wasn't sure how he felt about her. Was he just nervous about being in a stranger's car, or was there something more unsettling about her? The longer the silence went on, the more uneasy he felt in the pit of his stomach. He just couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.