Dumped at a Rest Stop In a Christmas Blizzard
For the Christmas holiday, my family sets off to the Christmas holiday camp up north.
Along the way, my younger brother, Jamie Hale, says he needs to use the restroom. Mom tells my older sister, Ava Hale, and me to go as well.
"It'll be a while before we reach the next rest stop, so you two should go with Jamie. I don't want anyone fussing to go to the restroom again on the way. And be quick! Don't waste time dawdling."
I run to the restroom at once. But when I come back out, I see the familiar SUV slowly driving away.
I'm left standing outside, in -4 degrees Fahrenheit weather, while a snowstorm sweeps through the rest stop.
Mom and Dad have forgotten all about me, their Omega daughter. I've been left behind at the rest stop, with no one else around.
I run as fast as I can, shouting, "Mom! Dad!"
But the SUV turns the corner and disappears into the traffic along the interstate.