Last Wrong Turn
““Come on,” I mutter, trying to focus as I turn my back to the wind and hunch my shoulders. Finally with a lot of coaxing, I manage to get a flame, and then I take a drag on the cigarette.
It's not much, but at least my hands should stop shaking soon.
Turning, I look across the pub car park and see that darker clouds are rolling in from the south. The weather forecast said the rain would hold off until early evening, so I figure I can spend a few more hours out on the road. I've got a ne...w plan to scour the countryside to the immediate north of Wexham, and I can't afford to fall any further behind. Every day I stick to the schedule, and every day I tell myself I'm getting closer.
I have to be.
Checking my phone, I see another two missed calls from my mother. She and Dad must have noticed by now that I'm not returning their calls very often. The truth, however, is that I'm really not in the mood to hear another of her oh-so-subtle lectures about how I should think about moving on, and how I should start to grieve for what I lost instead of clinging to the idea that I can get it back.MoreLess
It's not much, but at least my hands should stop shaking soon.
Turning, I look across the pub car park and see that darker clouds are rolling in from the south. The weather forecast said the rain would hold off until early evening, so I figure I can spend a few more hours out on the road. I've got a ne...w plan to scour the countryside to the immediate north of Wexham, and I can't afford to fall any further behind. Every day I stick to the schedule, and every day I tell myself I'm getting closer.
I have to be.
Checking my phone, I see another two missed calls from my mother. She and Dad must have noticed by now that I'm not returning their calls very often. The truth, however, is that I'm really not in the mood to hear another of her oh-so-subtle lectures about how I should think about moving on, and how I should start to grieve for what I lost instead of clinging to the idea that I can get it back.MoreLess
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