The Coldest Mile
“It's what ran inside him and what made him run.Chase cruised to an oldies station until it faded in Delaware, kept tuning in to others for almost six hundred miles before his cool started to loosen. He hadn't been down South since he and Lila had lived in Mississippi over four years ago, up the road from her father, the sheriff. When he crossed the North Carolina border Chase knew he should pull over, get a motel room, get steady again, but he didn't want to get out of the Goat. That was a bad sign, but it didn't change anything. Lila grew louder in his thoughts, and so did Jonah. The two had never met while she was alive, but now they seemed to be arguing all the time.Lila saying, I fell in love with an outlaw, you do what you need to do for now. So long as you remember to take hold of that child.Jonah telling him, If you brace me, you're dead.It went on like that mile after mile. Chase thought some action might clear his head, which proved he was too tired to keep going.He pulled in...to a motel outside of Winston- Salem, walked in, and a whore in the lobby sighted him.MoreLess
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