Complex City by GH Edwards

Author:GH Edwards [Edwards, GH]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Complex City
Publisher: G.H. Edwards
Published: 2020-06-27T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 36

Claire slowed to a creep as she approached the old truck that had gotten her to Miami. It had been nearly a month since she had left Ol’ Blue and Michael behind. Claire had been dreading this moment the entire time she’d been in Miami. She had contemplated finding a different route out of the city but decided she needed to see the truck again; she needed to see her husband’s coffin one last time. She told herself that someday she’d return and give Michael a proper burial, but in her heart she doubted she would ever return here.

In the bright sun of the early morning she pulled beside the truck and noticed how short her new vehicle was. She was glad her car was shorter, she decided she didn’t want to see her husband’s body. She didn’t want her last memory of her husband to be a rotting dead body. She approached the truck, and tears soon followed.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry I pushed you into this trip. We could have made it together if I didn’t push so much,” she said through her open window. Her guilt was becoming overwhelming; she knew she needed to focus. “I won’t let this trip be for nothing, I won’t let your death be for nothing,” Claire said through her sobs. “I’m sorry I’m leaving you here. But I need to be brave, and I need to keep going, like you said. I love you and I’ll never forget you. Please give me the strength I need to get back to Houston and the strength to do what I know I have to do.” Through tears she pulled away from the old truck and watched it fade away in the rearview mirror. Claire began to feel guilty at the sense of relief she felt leaving the truck behind.

The ride in her new car was much smoother and quieter than the truck had been. When she was first given the car, she thought there was a problem with it because she couldn’t hear the engine. Ben, who had pulled some strings and gotten her the vehicle, laughed and assured her it was how cars were supposed to sound.

He had called in favors from many people throughout Miami. Over the course of a month, he had arranged a plethora of items for Claire’s trip back to Houston, the most important being the car she was driving. It was a taxi and was a shiny silver color and in good condition. It looked very similar to many taxis she’d seen buzzing around Miami. Claire was blown away that Ben had been able to secure her such a nice vehicle. When she asked him how he had gotten it, he said it was better that she didn’t know. She began to wonder if the taxi was stolen because it still had a company’s logo on the side—“Silver Shoe Taxi”—and their phone number. He’d even gotten extra lights installed in the front for driving at night. Claire was astonished.

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