They drove to Vegas via I-15. If the girl had realized how easy it would have been to get home back when she was in Barstow she would have gone home because it really was just get on I-15 and head back to Utah. She wouldn’t even have gotten lost on the way there.
On the way to Vegas the guest had a discussion with DK. The two of them fought and the girl knew it was not a good thing. It wasn’t specifically said but the girl was pretty sure they would not have a home when they returned later that day.
They finally reached Vegas and they were getting very low on funds. They checked into the hotel they had found before they left California and sat down to rest for a little while. They had very little money left. The guest claimed that Mary would give them money to get home besides the Escalade so it wasn’t a problem.
The guest started to talk about getting dinner and said that they should get the buffet. The girl knew they wouldn’t have hardly anything left after that and told the guest that she was not going to eat until Mary had given them money. The guest got so mad at the girl that he broke the lamp. The girl just looked at him. She knew that it could have been her that he hit. She sat at her laptop for the next couple of hours devising a way that she was getting home. She was bound and determined that she was not going to get stranded in Vegas. What worse place could there be to be homeless and moneyless?
She decided that no matter what happened she was willing to again pawn her laptop. She figured she could figure things out when she returned home, she just needed to get there. She once again put everything from the computer onto flash drives and decided not to stress over the situation.
After the guest had taken a nap they went to dinner and enjoyed themselves for the evening.
Later that night the guest again was really sick. He was foaming at the mouth and was losing time and space. The girl enjoyed just having time to herself. It sounds callous but she watched him to make sure he was still breathing but besides that she watched what she wanted to watch and played video games until she went to sleep.
The guest woke up early and called Mary. She told him to come see her at the Pilot where she worked. She said she would give him the keys to the Escalade and money.
The next thing she knew the girl got a phone call from the guest telling her that Mary didn’t have the Escalade with her or money. That he was coming back but that Mary would call him before checkout and get with him.
Checkout time came and the guest had been unsuccessful in reaching Mary. They finally just had to leave. The girl told the guest her idea of pawning her laptop. He seemed genuinely sorry. They also had her TV and DVD player with them. The guest thought that would give them enough money to get home. Apparently he didn’t have a clue how much pawn shops gave for certain things because it certainly was not enough. They did end up pawning the laptop. The girl was sad to let it go again but no matter what she was not going to be stuck away from home again.
They left the pawn shop, got gas and headed back home to Utah.
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