A Good Place for Maggie
by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman (excerpt)
For the last hour she had be...
A Good Place for Maggie
by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman (excerpt)
For the last hour she had been so intent on the changing countryside that she forgot to buy gas. The gauge said empty. She drove on, dreading the moment when the motor would draw on the last drop of gasoline and give up. She was driving on a narrow country road lined with tall eucalyptus trees and nothing else. Then in a clearing on the left side of the road, she saw a battered old sign with faded red letters: G-A-S. No, it wasnāt a mirage; it was more like a miracle. With a grateful sigh she turned into the run-down station, bumping over broken concrete and coming to a stop by one of two pumps.
A weary-looking old man in grease-spotted overalls appeared beside her. āFill āer up?ā
āIs it cheaper if I pump it myself?ā It didnāt look as if heād take a credit card and she was low on cash.
āAll the same here, missy,ā the man called, rounding the car. āFill āer up?ā
Maggie said yes, please go ahead, and climbed out of the blue VW. Good thing I didnāt splurge on lunch, she thought, staring at the pumps. Gas is almost twice as high up here as it is in Los Angeles. But Iām not complaining. When she had driven mile after mile without finding a gas station, she had begun to think that maybe being sixteen and a half didnāt make her that smart; maybe a trip like this was a little much for her. Now she felt better. She stretched and thought, Dad would be proud of me. Iām doing what is right for me. Oh, Iāll miss my friends, especially Mim and Lorena. Iāll even miss Ryan. I wonder if he was really going to ask me to the TGI June bash? Well, thatās history. Now is now.
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