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Dakota
SIX YEARS LATER
Someone once said life begins with a bang and ends with a whimper.
But I think it starts with fire.
Burn everything down to build it back up.
My jeep jostles along the country road, bouncing over a snow-filled
pothole, rattling my teeth. Somewhere along the way, I took a wrong turn
and now, a sleet-snow rain is coming down in sheets. I’m in the middle of
nowhere and cell reception is non-existent.
Desperation fills me as I grip the steering wheel with my good hand,
scanning the road for a sign to tell me where I am. After two days in the car,
thousands of miles across the country, it’s too late to turn back now.
It would be so easy to pull over onto the shoulder of the road and wait
for Aiden to find me and bring me back home. But sense hasn’t caught up
with me yet.
My stomach grumbles. Oh god. How long has it been since I ate?
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.”
I don’t know who I’m talking to. Myself. My stomach. Tears blur my
vision and trail down my cheeks until I’m a salty, sooty, sobbing mess.
I should be in my kitchen right now. It’s seven a.m. in DC. The morning
rush. I’d be up, hands covered in dough, getting the fast-paced masses to
slow down with a simple honeybun.
I glance at the full moon, still burning bright despite the hazy snowflurried sky.
Rope the moon.
My mother’s words blaze a trail to my heart. She never explained what
it meant, but I’ve always interpreted it as go after what you want. Make it
yours through grit, grace, or gumption.
And I did. For a long time, until I met Aiden, I roped the moon. I moved
the infinity out of my life.
Last night, I took it back.
I can do this. Somehow, I can do it.
My jeep smells like smoke, and I feel a flicker of shame, hear Aiden’s
panicked scream in my ears. Help me. Help me!
But I didn’t.
Maybe I shouldn’t have run, but I saw my chance, and I took it.
But was it worth it? I gave up my beautiful bakery to be free.
With a sigh, I wipe the fatigue and the soot from my face.
Maybe it’s another bad decision in a river of bad decisions.
If only it was that easy to leave the past in my rearview mirror. I catch
my reflection, wincing at my busted lip, the faded bruise around my left
eye. My long dark hair’s sweaty and mussed. I’m still wearing my apron
from this morning.
Whether the fire bought me any time is hard to know. It’ll take the
police a few days to shift through the wreckage of the bakery and for Aiden
to come up with a story. And when that’s done…
Is that when Aiden will track me down?
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