“RUNAWAY” Chapter 15 “The Letter Goodbye”
Joseph drove away from the fuel depot working through the gears to get his rig back up on the highway heading East. He felt a lump in his throat and turned his favorite County and Western music up louder then usual. Even with a song he knew well playing he couldn’t push his thoughts of the beautiful young hitchhiker out of his mind. “I’m just being stupid aren’t I, Ol’Jack? Lot lizards come and go and I’m too old to think a young woman like her would have feelings for an old goat like me. It’s just you and I again. I’m sure you were ready to have all of your space back in the truck. Hell that sleeper is barely big enough for one man, let alone an old trucker, a hitchhiker and a …