Hairpin Curves by Elia Winters

Author:Elia Winters [Winters, Elia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2020-07-27T18:30:00+00:00

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Megan pulled up the collar of her new winter coat and tucked her face into the protective fleece-lined fabric, wind whipping past her skin as she gazed up at the Lincoln Memorial. The marble statue of the president himself stared out into the middle distance, larger than she had expected, looming over her and Scarlett as they stood at his feet.

“It’s bigger than I thought.” Scarlett had her coat collar pulled up over her chin as well, muffling her words.

Megan laughed. “You’ve said that for all of them.”

“They’re all bigger than I thought.” Scarlett shrugged.

Megan took her hands out of her pockets long enough to tug her hat down over her ears. Even with gloves on, she was happier with her hands tucked inside the fleece-lined jacket pockets than out in the wind. She was glad for the millionth time today that they’d started their DC visit by buying some proper winter layers. “I can’t believe you’ve never been here.”

“Why not? You’ve never been here.”

“I’ve never been anywhere. You’ve at least travelled.” It was easy to see Scarlett as worldly, with the experiences she’d had, but apparently there were a few gaps in her travel history.

“I haven’t traveled all that much. It’s only in comparison to you that I’ve seen a lot.” Scarlett nodded up at the statue. “And I’ve never come to the National Mall. Never seen a reason to. But you’ve clearly got a reason.”

“I think everybody should see the monuments.”

“Patriotism and all that?”

Megan considered, staring again up at the bearded figure in the giant marble chair. “I’m not really patriotic. I think maybe it’s that sense of being part of things. Seeing them with my own eyes and not just in photographs.”

“Except the photographs you take.”

The irony made Megan smile, especially since she was already pulling out her camera. “That’s different. That’s to remember after I’ve already been somewhere.” She sized up a photo of Lincoln, trying to get the inscription above his head in the shot as well.

The slight crinkle around Scarlett’s eyes indicated her smile, even with her mouth covered. “It’s neat to see it all. I wish we’d come in high school like every other school seems to.”

“I wish I’d done a lot of things in high school.” Megan said it without much thought, the words slipping out unbidden. Not that it was untrue. She had put off so many things for so long. Even now, finally doing things she wanted just because she wanted to do them, her thoughts revolved heavily around what she had missed out on.

Scarlett shifted from foot to foot, and then turned to gaze out over the reflecting pool. “What’s next?”

“This is the last stop.” Megan wasn’t sad about it, though; her feet ached from walking, and her cheeks were frozen with cold. It wasn’t even that cold out, but being outside for most of the day had taken its toll. At least she’d gotten a good night’s sleep in the hotel last night. After a long

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