Monday morning dawned and the girl packed up all their things in the car and waited for the guest to call Merrill Lynch. He was told that they would not be able to see them until Tuesday morning. How was this possible since he had called on Friday and they said to come in first thing Monday morning? As usual things were not adding up. The guest said the best thing to do was to turn around and go back to Saint Augustine and try to get into his house.
They drove back to Ocala to the Petro truck stop. They ended up sleeping there overnight in the car. They spent time there trying to decide what to do. They contacted Sam and he told them his truck had broken down after they left him and it was in the shop. He was in North Carolina at his nephew’s house waiting for the repairs. Of course he couldn’t figure out how they were in trouble again and really, what could they tell him?
Someone gave them money at the Petro and they drove north back to Tallahassee. They had picked up a couple of guys that needed rides from the Petro and helped them out on the way there. At least they were doing what they could to give back from others helping them out.
The got to Tallahassee and slept in the car for the night. The girl was sitting in the TV room when the guest came and got her to help someone out. A homeless man had bought a go phone so he could talk with his daughters. The guest told him that his wife (the girl) knew all about technology stuff and would get it all set up for him. So the girl proceeded to help him get his phone set up. In return the man had spoken with the guest and knew they were trying to get home to Dallas is what the guest told him. He gave them money and gave them his address and told them to just return the money when they could. He said he had done this before and no one had ever paid him back but he still wanted to help.
The couple was very grateful and at first headed east toward Saint Augustine. After they had driven about 70 miles the guest told the girl he wasn’t sure about going to the house. He didn’t have his keys and didn’t have anyone he could call to get keys. The girl asked if they could just break into the house. After all, it was his house right? He said that yes he could do that but he was afraid that the girl might be wanted by the police at this point. They discussed it for the next few miles then the guest told the girl that they needed to turn around and head west again.
At this point the girl could think of no other solution than to head to Oklahoma where she had a good friend, Frank, she knew would be willing to help her. She mentioned this to the guest and he agreed that it would be a good idea. She told him that if nothing else it would give them a roof over their heads while they figured everything else out. The girl also knew that no matter what happened she would be safe with a friend and things would eventually work out.
The couple headed northwest and towards Oklahoma. The girl was so happy things were working out and so positive that things were going to be better. The drive was very nice.
When they drove through Dothan, Alabama, they passed an RV store. The guest suggested they stop and again look at RV’s. They did and the guest decided the best thing to do was to special order the RV they wanted. Again he swore that Merrill Lynch would cover the cost. Since they needed to keep moving and weren’t staying and getting stranded, this didn’t seem like too big a deal to the girl.
They moved on and kept heading toward Oklahoma.
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