The Chevy accelerates and tops the hill’s summit, before twisting and plunging into the ravine. A duffle bag and body detach, and arc onto the dirt shoulder. They disappear into the dust cloud created by the truck’s struggle with the gravel road.
A crackling of glass and steel, the whoosh of explosion, and there is silence.
Crickets resume, wheat fields undulating like a cat avoiding, yet relishing a caress.
Amy sits up, pulls her duffle over and on to her shoulder. The dust cloud dissipates. The way is now clear.
She rises, slapping her knees. She loves new beginnings.
© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2020)
Carrot Ranch Prompt (02/27/2020): In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that includes the open road. Where will the trip lead? Who is going, and why? Follow the open road wherever it may lead!
Valley of the Trolls 
Smashing beginning! 😀 Love the action and implied mystery. On the run from something good or something bad. Hm…
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Loved the descriptions in this story. Thank you for liking my latest post
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Sounds like the ‘old’ may not have been much fun. I hope she has better luck with the new.
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I love that pause (paws?) in between the noise of the crash and the ensuing silence. Well done!
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You’re not kitten around with me, are ya, Charli?
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Very poetic! I especially liked the description of the wheat fields. As for her new beginning, it does make me wonder just why she needed one so desperately. Great job!
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Cat analogies never far from my mind. As to her motivation, see Michael’s comment, earlier. You decide!
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Very nice way to address this prompt. Perfect illustration too.
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Thanks, Ted!
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Hmmm… Amy: courageous human taking off on life’s unknown road, or homicidal maniac who just destroyed heaven knows what type of evidence before hightailing it out of town?
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Yes. Quite. 😉
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Yeah but… well, it’s just that… aw, jeez, did you have to kill the Chevy?
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Required, to be untraceable.
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I do like her verve if not the swerve. But still. A chevy pick up…
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Life is brutal that way, sometimes.
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writers gotta be cold sometimes
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