Biting the Moon
“She had, though, improved enough that the gears shifted without too much agony. Finally, they drove (or, Mary thought, dove) headlong into Cripple Creek. Before Mary could yell at her to hit the brakes, not the clutch, the car came to a dead halt. At least Andi’d remembered the car had brakes.
But Andi didn’t seem to think she’d done a bad job. Her arms on the steering wheel, she was leaning forward, scanning the road, scrutinizing the buildings on either side. Cripple Creek’s BUSINESS DISTRICT..., or so the sign back there had said.
“Awful quiet,” said Andi. “Look up there, there’s a diner. I bet that’s where everybody hangs out.”
“All six hundred of them,” said Mary, getting out and slamming the door. She went a few feet, looked back. “Hey! Aren’t you coming?”
Andi’s voice came from inside the car. “Just a minute.”
Probably she was gathering up the maps; she loved the maps. She’d spent hours poring over them last night. Mary wondered if Andi thought she’d see a line of fire burn a trail across one, the way you saw it done in old Westerns, an antique map where a path was scorched in flame.MoreLess
But Andi didn’t seem to think she’d done a bad job. Her arms on the steering wheel, she was leaning forward, scanning the road, scrutinizing the buildings on either side. Cripple Creek’s BUSINESS DISTRICT..., or so the sign back there had said.
“Awful quiet,” said Andi. “Look up there, there’s a diner. I bet that’s where everybody hangs out.”
“All six hundred of them,” said Mary, getting out and slamming the door. She went a few feet, looked back. “Hey! Aren’t you coming?”
Andi’s voice came from inside the car. “Just a minute.”
Probably she was gathering up the maps; she loved the maps. She’d spent hours poring over them last night. Mary wondered if Andi thought she’d see a line of fire burn a trail across one, the way you saw it done in old Westerns, an antique map where a path was scorched in flame.MoreLess
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