The Ring by Sarah Anne Carter

Author:Sarah Anne Carter [Carter, Sarah Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BLKDOG
Published: 2019-08-06T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

On Sunday, the first day of the drive, they didn’t stop until almost midnight. They had 12-13 more hours on the road on Monday. Except for the drive over the mountains, they took turns driving and stopped every two to three hours to stretch their legs. Lucas took the drive to the base gate in Oklahoma, as Amanda didn’t have a military identification card yet. He had told her they would get one this week when he had a lunch break. Amanda stayed in the car, barely able to keep her eyes open, while Lucas went in to find out what room they would be staying at on the base. It was in the same building, so they grabbed just what they needed for the night and went to their room and crashed. Lucas had to be at the in-processing briefing at 8 a.m. the next morning and would be back by 5 p.m. at the latest. They planned to wake up around 6 a.m. so they could unload the car and get some food for Amanda. The only place on the base she could buy food until she had an ID card was at Burger King or the food court, Lucas said. Her plan was to spend the day unpacking and making their room a little “homey” and calling her parents and Juliana with updates on their trip.

Amanda would also email Lucas’ father to let him know they made it safely to Oklahoma. Amanda had been able to talk to him by herself for a bit at the rehearsal dinner. He seemed genuinely interested in what their plans were and talked about visiting them in South Carolina as he still had friends and coworkers there. He told Amanda that email was the best way to stay in touch with him. Amanda hoped to meet Lucas’ mom sometime soon as they’d be just a long day’s drive from where she lived in Florida. She had sent them a very nice, long handwritten letter wishing them the best and sharing some relationship advice along with a gift card to a bath and bedding store. They had requested that people consider giving them gift cards for the wedding since they didn’t know what apartment or house they would live in when they got to South Carolina.

Amanda had just finished lunch when Lucas came back.

“They gave us an hour lunch break today. I grabbed a sandwich at the gas station and ate it on the drive over. Let’s go try to get you an ID card today. You’ll be able to get out of this room more.”

They chatted about his morning on the way to the MPF office, which Lucas said stood for Military Personnel Flight. His class should only last six weeks if there were no delays in the flights. He said it didn’t sound too hard. He’d have to study some each night, but they would be able to go out and explore the area some. The Fourth of July was a four-day weekend, so he thought they could spend that weekend in Oklahoma City.

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