The couple stopped at a Petro truck stop in Arkansas. At this point the couple ended up arguing. The girl was sure her friend Frank would help them out even though she had not called him. The guest was sure that Frank would only help her and not him because he was sure Frank was in love with the girl. Why the guest had not mentioned this beforehand was a mystery to the girl. Finally the girl broke down and called Frank.
Frank confirmed what the guest had said. He said that the girl could come to Oklahoma but that he would not help the guest out. He was angry at the guest for getting the girl into trouble to begin with and would not help him. At that point the girl had a choice to make.
The couple slept in the car and the girl prayed for the strength to go to Frank in Oklahoma and sort things out later on. She was tired of doing this and being on the road. Sleeping in cars and wondering where her next mean land shower were coming from. She woke up before the guest and had decided she was leaving him that day. She was going to call Frank and have him come get her, which he had offered to do.
When the guest woke up they discussed it. He told her he was sure she had decided to leave him. She told him that yes, that was her plan. She just couldn’t do what they were doing anymore. They had been away from home for about 2 months and she was so tired of living like that.
This was where the guilt trip started. The guest first told her that she was leaving behind a very sick man. His heart condition was so bad and if she left him that he would probably die without her. Then he continued to tell her that she was screwing Sam by leaving because he had gotten them the car. For the life of her she could not figure out how she was screwing Sam if she left. The couple was supposed to turn the car in and couldn’t understand why the guest couldn’t do that himself.
After several hours of discussing and at times arguing over the whole situation, the girl finally gave in and told the guest she would stay with him. It was so much easier than arguing. Why she couldn’t just leave she could not say but she was just too tired from the guilt and the arguing.
The couple was out of money by this time. They spent the last of what they had on a bag of jerky. This is how the girl chipped a tooth that day. This was when she really realized how bad things were. She had no way to go to a dentist and she knew she would probably eventually lose the tooth because it would not be able to be fixed. This just increased the depression of the whole mess.
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