Like knowing you were being watched without...
Like
knowing you were being watched without being able to find the watcherIt raised goose bumps
on the nape of my neck
I shut the door firmly behind me but did not touch the obsolete locksNo one would disturb
this place until I returned or it was given to someone new
Without looking at the Seeker, I climbed into the carI hadn't done much driving, and neither
had Melanie, so this made me a bit nervousBut I was sure I would get used to it soon enough
“I'll be waiting for you in Tucson,” the Seeker said, leaning in the open passenger-side window
as I started the engine
“I have no doubt of that,” I muttered
I found the controls on the door panelTrying to hide a smile, I hit the button to quilted chanel bag raise the glass
and watched her jump back
“Maybe… ,” she said, raising her voice to almost a shout so that I could hear her over the
engine noise and through the closed window, “maybe I'll try it your wayMaybe I'll see you on
the road
She smiled and shrugged
She was just saying it to upset meI tried not to let her see that she hadI focused my eyes on
the road ahead and pulled carefully away from the curb
It was easy enough to find the freeway and then follow the signs out of San DiegoSoon there
were no signs to follow, no wrong turns to takeIn eight hours I would be in TucsonIt wasn't
long enoughPerhaps I would stay a night in some small town along the wayIf I could be sure
that chanel classic bag the Seeker would be ahead, waiting impatiently, rather than following behind, a stop would
be a nice delay
I found myself looking in the rearview mirror often, searching for a sign of pursuitI was
driving slower than anyone else, unwilling to reach my destination, and the other cars passed me
without pauseThere were no faces I recognized as they moved aheadI shouldn't have let the
Seeker's taunt bother me; she clearly didn't have the temperament to go anywhere slowly
Still… I continued to watch for her
I'd been west to the ocean, north and south up and down the pretty California coastline, but I'd
never been east for any distance at allCivilization fell behind me quickly, and I was chloe bag soon
surrounded by the blank hills and rocks that were the precursors to the empty desert wastelands
It was very relaxing to be away from civilization, and this bothered meI should not have found
the loneliness so welcomingWe lived and worked and grew together in
harmonyWe were all the same: peaceful, friendly, honestWhy should I feel better away from
my kind? Was it Melanie who made me this way?
I searched for her but found her remote, dreaming in the back of my head
This was the best it had been since she'd started talking again
The miles passed quicklyThe dark, rough rocks and the dusty plains covered in scrub flew by
with monotonous uniformityI realized I was driving faster than I'd chanel tote meant toThere wasn't
anything to keep my mind occupied here, so I found it hard to lingerAbsently, I wondered why
the desert was so much more colorful in Melanie's memories, so much more compellingI let my
mind coast with hers, trying to see what it was that was special about this vacant place
But she wasn't seeing the sparse, dead land surrounding usShe was dreaming of another
desert, canyoned and red, a magical placeShe didn't try to keep me outIn fact, she seemed
almost unaware of my presenceI questioned again what her detachment meantI sensed no
thought of attackIt felt more like a preparation for the end
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