7
The last few days passed by like a dream for Claire. She never imagined her life would be like this. Chicago, and it's busy, whirling streets seemed like a lifetime ago - yet she had only been in Montana for three days. The vast and expansive world that unfolded around her - with open skies and wild country - was unlike anything she had ever experienced.
Back home, she lived in a tiny studio apartment just a few blocks from Wrigley Field. Every time the Cubs played, Claire would get no sleep as the rowdy fans kept her up - regardless if the team won or lost. Her apartment was just over two hundred and fifty square feet and the bathroom was down the hall - shared by everyone on her floor. It wasn't ideal, but she was making a go of this whole "adulting" thing. She valued her job as a ba
