Harmonic: Resonance
“ 32 | Jack and Jill ...
Between the van that still held our supplies and the place we had chosen as our vantage point over the camp, there had been no working or serviceable vehicles. Our only choice was to continue on, following the road up and around the cliff—past the camper we had used to shelter us against the cold night air and farther along the lifeless road. For every few hundred yards traveled came the reward of another wreckage, although most were dismissed at a glance. O...f the vehicles that passed visual inspection, some were missing keys, and the rest made no effort to obey the key when turned.
We came upon a truck, the same make and model as my father’s. The keys hung from the ignition, and even with the hood up, some sentimental part of me took it as a sign from my dad, and I allowed myself to hope. I climbed up onto the driver’s seat and turned the key. Nothing happened. My hopes and my heart sank. For a minute, I sat, leaned forward with my head against the steering wheel with my eyes closed.MoreLess
Between the van that still held our supplies and the place we had chosen as our vantage point over the camp, there had been no working or serviceable vehicles. Our only choice was to continue on, following the road up and around the cliff—past the camper we had used to shelter us against the cold night air and farther along the lifeless road. For every few hundred yards traveled came the reward of another wreckage, although most were dismissed at a glance. O...f the vehicles that passed visual inspection, some were missing keys, and the rest made no effort to obey the key when turned.
We came upon a truck, the same make and model as my father’s. The keys hung from the ignition, and even with the hood up, some sentimental part of me took it as a sign from my dad, and I allowed myself to hope. I climbed up onto the driver’s seat and turned the key. Nothing happened. My hopes and my heart sank. For a minute, I sat, leaned forward with my head against the steering wheel with my eyes closed.MoreLess
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