Chapter 3...Part 2

The drive to Flagstaff was pretty and uneventful. However, the girl noticed it was definitely getting colder. It was now October and Flagstaff is one of those Arizona cities with four seasons. The arrived at the Little America in Flagstaff very late that night. The girl did not know that Little America was a truck stop but she had heard of it before since they have one in Salt Lake City, UT.

They went inside and watched the TV for a couple of hours then went back to the SUV to get some sleep. It was one of the most painful and cold nights the girl had ever spent. They had no blankets and the back of the SUV was really hard. The girl had been sleeping in the driver’s seat but the guest convinced her to sleep in the back with him to keep warm. It didn’t work.

The next morning they woke up to snow. It was beautiful but not what she wanted to see. The couple went inside to get warm and cleaned up. They had saved enough money to do laundry and the girl spent part of the day washing clothes.

The guest had met a driver when they were in Kingman who told him that he might be able to help them get as far as Missouri and that he would be in Flagstaff later that evening. He had given the guest his phone number. The guest spent most of the day trying to reach the driver.

Late in the afternoon the guest finally got in touch with the driver. He was picking up a load in California. He was supposed to load early the next morning then he would be to Flagstaff late in the evening the next day. He said he would stop and speak with the guest and see what he might be able to do.

The girl had a spiral notebook with her. She spent a couple of hours writing “It WILL work out” on pages of the notebook. She was so scared and the only way she could keep herself from stressing out was to believe that things were going to work out.

Finally the driver got to Little America and talked with the guest. The girl was watching a movie when the guest came to get her. He told her to go get the SUV and to pull it into the fuel aisle. The driver paid for them to fill up and then they were off, following the driver.

While they were driving the guest explained to the girl what was going on. The driver’s company would not allow anyone to ride with him so what he had agreed to do was to buy them gas from Arizona to Missouri then the guest could apply for a driving job with the driver’s company.

The girl was excited that they were being helped out and that the guest would get a job. This was good news as far as she could tell. The guest would get a job and they could take care of whatever they needed to and she would feel more secure about everything going on.