One Step Ahead
In the distance, I could just make out the faint twinkling of stars, but Marshall didn't care—he pressed down harder on the gas.
When we reached the base of the mountain, I stubbornly got out of the car and checked into the inn I had already booked.
Late that night, wrapped in my coat on the balcony, I finally got a signal on my phone, and my mother's calls started flooding in.
She had never called me before, not even that night when I had nearly died from the pain of a miscarriage in the hospital.
I stared at her name flashing on the screen, the ringtone cutting off after a minute, only for a new call to come through.
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