Melinda Heads West
“With each turn in the rocky road, she prayed for the signal to stop, but none came. She prayed for the call that water had been reached, but none came. Instead, she felt more drained each passing moment beneath the sizzling, scorching sun. Her cheeks burned, her lips were swollen and ached with a fierceness. Her hair hung down in tangled, ratty waves and her hands throbbed from the cuts and bruises she had sustained during her many trips and falls — they cried out with angry voices at the ends ...of her arms. The dress she wore was filthy and tattered at the hem. And still, the ragged tracks in the ground went on. Her legs now moved independently of thought.
Each time she imagined her endurance had reached its end, the evil-eyed Tormentor cast a glance her way. Her back stiffened and her steps quickened. She would not be considered a hindrance; he’d eat his words.
Her thoughts were as tangled as her hair. Her mind drifted from the present to the past and back again. She remembered arguing with her mother.MoreLess
Each time she imagined her endurance had reached its end, the evil-eyed Tormentor cast a glance her way. Her back stiffened and her steps quickened. She would not be considered a hindrance; he’d eat his words.
Her thoughts were as tangled as her hair. Her mind drifted from the present to the past and back again. She remembered arguing with her mother.MoreLess
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