to the desolate landscape and realized the
predicament of their situation. The sheer wild terrain all around
them and the sense of isolation, it terrified her.
“ You look like you’re contemplating something there?” Gerald
talked to her through the mirror.
“ Just that… Don’t you get lonely and frightened out here on the
open road?”
“ Frightened? No!” he laughed. “This is freedom. This is the
true spirit of America,”
And Anna
churned over his words in her mind.
“ Have you always travelled alone?”
“ Oh no. No. I had a wife once. She used to come with me on all
my trips. But we were just married two years when the cancer took
hold of her. She died before I could make it home to say goodbye,”
the severity of his words however were not impacted on his
face.
He was still
smiling at Anna in the mirror as she turned towards Carl. Seeing
him beside her warmed her heart.
“ May I ask if you’ve been married long?” Gerald asked so
innocently that it made Anna blush.
“ Er… not that long at all,” she didn’t care to
elaborate.
“ Well ain’t that nice. You should appreciate every moment you
have together. You never know when you’ll have to say goodbye,” and
he looked to the sky as if he could see to heaven. “But everyone
waits up there for us when we have to go,”
“ Do you think everyone is reunited with their loved ones?” she
quickly felt terrified at the thought of being with her father for
all eternity.
“ Yeah I really do. The way I see it is that we are all in debt
to God and then person by person he makes us repay that debt.
That’s when it’s our time to go back,”
Anna didn’t
know what to say to that and she just looked out the window as the
trees passed by.
“ I don’t know if I like the sound of that,” she mumbled under
her breath.
CHAPTER 15
Jerry was
trying his hardest to run up the stairs in the Don’s home but in
true Angelo style it was the longest and most exhausting staircase
Jerry had ever seen. He was sweating as he got to the top and he
had to stand for a moment to catch his breath. In the distance he
could hear the music of Frank Sinatra playing. He followed the
sound until he reached the door of Don Angelo’s office. Knocking
gently he waited for an answer. Silence. He knocked again.
“ Yuh, who is it?”
“ It’s Jerry, boss,”
“ Sure come in,”
As he opened
the door he was instantly startled to see a young girl about twenty
years old emerge from under the Don’s desk. As she stood up he
could see she was only in her bra and panties.
“ Don’t mind her she was just leavin’” Angelo zipped up his
pants and leaned over his desk to pick up a cigarette.
The girl
scurried out the office and down the hallway, with a wad of cash
clutched in her hand.
“ Oh, I didn’t know you’d finally met someone. How romantic,”
the sarcasm was dripping from Jerry’s voice.
“ Don’t talk shit, Jerry, I’m not in the mood,”
“ Havin’ pecker troubles again boss? If you don’t mind me
askin’,”
“ Yuh… the doc said it’s on account of my weight but what the
fuck does he know? Anyway….” He lit his cigarette and exhaled. “You
got news for me?”
“ Sure have! Callahan tracked down Carl’s SUV to a quaint little
country road on the edge of St Louis,”
“ St Louis? What the fuck’s he doin’ there?”
“ And there’s somethin’ else. The car was on fire. I mean
literally burnt to cinders. But no bodies,”
“ The clever bastard…” Angelo sucked on his cigarette angrily.
“He thought he could lose us….”
“ I reckon he walked the four miles to a small truck stop on the
edge of town,” and Jerry rifled through his pocket to look for the
scrap of paper he’d written the name down on. “An Evergreen Motel…
that’s where I think he went,”
“ What’s with the motels? He seems to have a thing for
them,”
“ I reckon it’s where he keeps the girl,”
“ The girl…. Such a shame she got
predicament of their situation. The sheer wild terrain all around
them and the sense of isolation, it terrified her.
“ You look like you’re contemplating something there?” Gerald
talked to her through the mirror.
“ Just that… Don’t you get lonely and frightened out here on the
open road?”
“ Frightened? No!” he laughed. “This is freedom. This is the
true spirit of America,”
And Anna
churned over his words in her mind.
“ Have you always travelled alone?”
“ Oh no. No. I had a wife once. She used to come with me on all
my trips. But we were just married two years when the cancer took
hold of her. She died before I could make it home to say goodbye,”
the severity of his words however were not impacted on his
face.
He was still
smiling at Anna in the mirror as she turned towards Carl. Seeing
him beside her warmed her heart.
“ May I ask if you’ve been married long?” Gerald asked so
innocently that it made Anna blush.
“ Er… not that long at all,” she didn’t care to
elaborate.
“ Well ain’t that nice. You should appreciate every moment you
have together. You never know when you’ll have to say goodbye,” and
he looked to the sky as if he could see to heaven. “But everyone
waits up there for us when we have to go,”
“ Do you think everyone is reunited with their loved ones?” she
quickly felt terrified at the thought of being with her father for
all eternity.
“ Yeah I really do. The way I see it is that we are all in debt
to God and then person by person he makes us repay that debt.
That’s when it’s our time to go back,”
Anna didn’t
know what to say to that and she just looked out the window as the
trees passed by.
“ I don’t know if I like the sound of that,” she mumbled under
her breath.
CHAPTER 15
Jerry was
trying his hardest to run up the stairs in the Don’s home but in
true Angelo style it was the longest and most exhausting staircase
Jerry had ever seen. He was sweating as he got to the top and he
had to stand for a moment to catch his breath. In the distance he
could hear the music of Frank Sinatra playing. He followed the
sound until he reached the door of Don Angelo’s office. Knocking
gently he waited for an answer. Silence. He knocked again.
“ Yuh, who is it?”
“ It’s Jerry, boss,”
“ Sure come in,”
As he opened
the door he was instantly startled to see a young girl about twenty
years old emerge from under the Don’s desk. As she stood up he
could see she was only in her bra and panties.
“ Don’t mind her she was just leavin’” Angelo zipped up his
pants and leaned over his desk to pick up a cigarette.
The girl
scurried out the office and down the hallway, with a wad of cash
clutched in her hand.
“ Oh, I didn’t know you’d finally met someone. How romantic,”
the sarcasm was dripping from Jerry’s voice.
“ Don’t talk shit, Jerry, I’m not in the mood,”
“ Havin’ pecker troubles again boss? If you don’t mind me
askin’,”
“ Yuh… the doc said it’s on account of my weight but what the
fuck does he know? Anyway….” He lit his cigarette and exhaled. “You
got news for me?”
“ Sure have! Callahan tracked down Carl’s SUV to a quaint little
country road on the edge of St Louis,”
“ St Louis? What the fuck’s he doin’ there?”
“ And there’s somethin’ else. The car was on fire. I mean
literally burnt to cinders. But no bodies,”
“ The clever bastard…” Angelo sucked on his cigarette angrily.
“He thought he could lose us….”
“ I reckon he walked the four miles to a small truck stop on the
edge of town,” and Jerry rifled through his pocket to look for the
scrap of paper he’d written the name down on. “An Evergreen Motel…
that’s where I think he went,”
“ What’s with the motels? He seems to have a thing for
them,”
“ I reckon it’s where he keeps the girl,”
“ The girl…. Such a shame she got
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