Suicide's Girlfriend (2015)
“Mickey whispered.
“Wait,” I said, “wait.” Because it was still far off, the car looked small and dark, but it grew lighter, a dusty blue. Dad. Slipping off the road and into the wide ditch along the highway, then rolling back up again, so slow that from where we kids stood the motion looked almost peaceful, like an ocean wave.
I tucked little Krystal higher up on my shoulder and prayed she’d go on sleeping. “Knock that off now,” I told the rest. Except for Mickey, they’d all started throwing gr...avel from the shoulder as soon as we left the truck stop. Their cheeks were red with the cold, but they still laughed, they tumbled into the ditch on purpose. They didn’t know what was what.
A big truck went by, fast enough that it sucked at our clothes and made things even colder. When the trucker got close to dangerous Dad’s car, he leaned on the horn.
“Wow,” Mickey said. He squinted down the road. “Dad’s driving doesn’t look so hot.”
“When’s it ever?” I asked.MoreLess
“Wait,” I said, “wait.” Because it was still far off, the car looked small and dark, but it grew lighter, a dusty blue. Dad. Slipping off the road and into the wide ditch along the highway, then rolling back up again, so slow that from where we kids stood the motion looked almost peaceful, like an ocean wave.
I tucked little Krystal higher up on my shoulder and prayed she’d go on sleeping. “Knock that off now,” I told the rest. Except for Mickey, they’d all started throwing gr...avel from the shoulder as soon as we left the truck stop. Their cheeks were red with the cold, but they still laughed, they tumbled into the ditch on purpose. They didn’t know what was what.
A big truck went by, fast enough that it sucked at our clothes and made things even colder. When the trucker got close to dangerous Dad’s car, he leaned on the horn.
“Wow,” Mickey said. He squinted down the road. “Dad’s driving doesn’t look so hot.”
“When’s it ever?” I asked.MoreLess
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