The headlights behind provided a sense of false security.
Headlights flashed on the curtains briefly and a car door slammed.
The key Howie had left fit the door in the rear so I couldn't rely on my headlights to see.
I glanced out in time to see it moving with its headlights off.
Above them, the headlights of the two vehicles grew more distant, finally hidden from view by their angle of descent.