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EVELYN – MAY 1941
One good thing about the long car ride to West Virginia was the fact that the movement kept the baby quiet. Juanita only woke up when the car stopped, which didn't happen often enough to suit Evelyn. Not that she wanted the baby to be awake and crying to eat again, but the seats in the car were hard and uncomfortable. Every bump in the road made her tailbone ache. Plus, she thought Russell was driving much too fast. He'd told her he had to so they could make good time, which is also why he didn't want to stop until he needed gas. Every stop cost precious minutes, so it was better for them to take care of everything in one stop. Get gas, use the facilities, buy some food, and then get back on the road and eat along the way.
Evelyn understood the logic of all that, it
