Becoming Chloe
“The old truck seems to do pretty well at fifty. Anything more and we get a bit of a rattle. The sun is just coming up, glaring into the left side of my face through the driver’s-side window.
Chloe is doodling in her new spiral notebook. She asked me to buy her a spiral notebook and a pencil so she could practice writing again. But maybe she’s worried about how rusty she really is, because so far she’s only drawn pictures.
Just over the border into New York state we stop for coffee and s...ome breakfast. I wonder if Chloe remembers what I told her. Which kinds of foods cost the least money for each meal.
It’s the food and gas that’s going to kill us. There isn’t much we can do about the gas.
Chloe stirs seven sugars into her coffee. Her hair looks greasy. We both feel a little dirty and grungy. Because we are.
Because we slept in sleeping bags in the truck bed, and when we stopped at a gas station this morning before dawn to wash up, it was cold, and there was only just so much washing we could bring ourselves to do.MoreLess
Chloe is doodling in her new spiral notebook. She asked me to buy her a spiral notebook and a pencil so she could practice writing again. But maybe she’s worried about how rusty she really is, because so far she’s only drawn pictures.
Just over the border into New York state we stop for coffee and s...ome breakfast. I wonder if Chloe remembers what I told her. Which kinds of foods cost the least money for each meal.
It’s the food and gas that’s going to kill us. There isn’t much we can do about the gas.
Chloe stirs seven sugars into her coffee. Her hair looks greasy. We both feel a little dirty and grungy. Because we are.
Because we slept in sleeping bags in the truck bed, and when we stopped at a gas station this morning before dawn to wash up, it was cold, and there was only just so much washing we could bring ourselves to do.MoreLess
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