Justine
The drive took four days and $493.
They drove nine hours a day, stopping only for gas and food. They had the $26 Justine had left from the allowance Patrick had given her on Monday and $600 she took from their joint account on the way out of town. She didn’t want to pay with the credit cards or the checks because Patrick would know where they’d been used, so they bought lunches at gas station convenience stores and dinners at fast-food restaurants to make the cash last. At night they stayed in Motel 6s and Travelodges, paying $19.99 for a single and sleeping sideways on the bed. Every day the weather grew colder and the trees fewer and more barren. In Salt Lake City they found a Salvation Army store and spent $67.50 on down coats and wool gloves. In Idaho Falls, the girls walked
