Chapter 1
Virginia Cantrell was driving down interstate 530, but she didn’t know where she was going. All she knew was that she had to leave the town of Evander. She was leaving behind everything and starting over. She also had to leave behind some precious family heirlooms too. She was only taking the things that she could pack in a small U-Haul that she could pull behind her car. She was just 26 years old but she looked much older than that.
She hoped that there was a hotel nearby because she had been driving all day and she was getting tired and hungry. She also hoped that the hotel took cash because she didn’t have any bank accounts or credit cards because she did not want to be traced. She could never go back to the town because of what caused the death of her husband. If she went back there she knew that she would not be welcomed there.
She found a hotel and pulled in. She saw that there were vacancies so she found a parking place and pulled in. She grabbed her things, locked the doors and went inside to get her a room. This hotel was kind of run down and smelled moldy but it would do for one night. The clerk behind the counter looked up from the television show he was watching. “May I help you?” he asked her as he got up and walked to the counter. ” I need a room for the night.” she told him. “Ok 39.99.” he said as he handed her the key. She gave the guy 40 bucks and took the key from him. “Thanks.” she said to him as she turned and walked away.
She found the room and unlocked the door and when she did the room had a musty smell. She flicked on the overhead light and seen that the room was run down but she already paid and since it was only for one night she dealt with it. She walked over to the bed and set her purse and overnight bag down. She needed a shower and hoped that the water was usable.
She went into the bathroom and turned on the light and the bathroom looked just as bad as the room. She walked over to the shower and turned on the water and at first the pipes sputtered but the water came out. She got her things and went back into the bathroom and climbed in the shower. The water wasn’t hot but it would do. She then finished her shower and towed off. She then went back into the room and put her stuff in her overnight bag. She took out the food she had bought earlier along with the bottle of water and laid on the bed. The TV didn’t work all that great so she ate her food and called it an early night.
