Touched
“She loaned me a loosely cut navy dress, dark but sleeveless and cool in the baggy cut of it. She also gave me a hat, navy with a veil. I held it on the carseat beside me as Will drove the back roads out of Jexville toward the old federal road that led to Mobile.
Will had gotten up at dawn and taken Duncan to have breakfast in Reba’s Café, one of their favorite places. JoHanna told me I could not eat or drink water, that it would make me sick. I could not have eaten anyway. The appetite of the n...ight before was long gone, as was my small, budding hope that things would be okay. I rode in the back seat, silent and afraid. Though JoHanna cast me reassuring looks, they did no good.
At the train station we waved Will off. He gave JoHanna a big, dramatic kiss right in front of everyone. A kiss that drew smiles from many, frowns from a few. They didn’t care. JoHanna waved until the train had disappeared in a hiss of steam and a cloud of grit.
She didn’t talk as we went back to the car. JoHanna drove with the same determination that she walked.MoreLess
Will had gotten up at dawn and taken Duncan to have breakfast in Reba’s Café, one of their favorite places. JoHanna told me I could not eat or drink water, that it would make me sick. I could not have eaten anyway. The appetite of the n...ight before was long gone, as was my small, budding hope that things would be okay. I rode in the back seat, silent and afraid. Though JoHanna cast me reassuring looks, they did no good.
At the train station we waved Will off. He gave JoHanna a big, dramatic kiss right in front of everyone. A kiss that drew smiles from many, frowns from a few. They didn’t care. JoHanna waved until the train had disappeared in a hiss of steam and a cloud of grit.
She didn’t talk as we went back to the car. JoHanna drove with the same determination that she walked.MoreLess
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