Signs of You
“Jay drives because I’m in no shape to be behind the wheel. I stretch out in the backseat and try to rest. Except I don’t. At all. Every time I close my eyes, all I see is that bride by the dumpster; I hear her voice over and over.
I text Noah again. I ask where he is. I ask him to text me something, anything—a comma, a period, any emoji he wants—just to let me know he’s okay.
But he doesn’t text back.
About three and a half hours in, we start seeing signs for tourists, advertisement...s for things to do in Maryland. I try to read every sign to keep my mind in the present, to slow my brain down. There’s a billboard for a restaurant called Medieval Meals where for f ifty dollars you can get all the large turkey legs and jousting you can handle—all inside a “real castle.” The only problem is that you can tell from the picture that the “real castle” is totally and obviously made of cinderblocks. Then there’s a sign for Assateague Island where apparently a large herd of ponies “still runs free”MoreLess
I text Noah again. I ask where he is. I ask him to text me something, anything—a comma, a period, any emoji he wants—just to let me know he’s okay.
But he doesn’t text back.
About three and a half hours in, we start seeing signs for tourists, advertisement...s for things to do in Maryland. I try to read every sign to keep my mind in the present, to slow my brain down. There’s a billboard for a restaurant called Medieval Meals where for f ifty dollars you can get all the large turkey legs and jousting you can handle—all inside a “real castle.” The only problem is that you can tell from the picture that the “real castle” is totally and obviously made of cinderblocks. Then there’s a sign for Assateague Island where apparently a large herd of ponies “still runs free”MoreLess
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