CHAPTER NINETEEN:
~Avery:
I wasn’t far enough. Would I ever be?
After leaving the seedy motel with every last trace of evidence, and using some power to get the front desk kid to forget me, I was back on the road.
I felt compelled to keep running. It was a little while before I passed the highway sign letting me know I entered Oregon. In the afternoon I pull over into a small town and find their corner store. In getting supplies I notice they’ve got some prepaid phones and I grab one. I can trust myself not to reach out to Drake, right? When would I forget his freaking number? Why had I so easily memorized it in the first place?
After paying, I walk back out to my car and sit there for a moment. I want to run, as always. It’s instinct now, and h*ll, it’s logical knowing my nature - my
