Chapter 13
Alyeska
My eyes are dangling in despair. The car is on its side, tucked into the road rash of country ditch. Everything is quiet, waiting with bated breath for the next scene to start. I can’t say I’m not trembling for a finale. We’ve waited too long to see the distance from the start to a blurred ending.
But when I turn my head to my mother in the passenger seat, I know I was always too late to save her from herself. I don’t dare call out to her, I don’t utter a cry. Because even before her body gave up, her mind and spirit passed away a long time ago.
Something is wrong with my leg, something warm on my face. I am anything but scared or angry; I am relieved, I am at peace. There isn’t an ounce of regret left in me. There couldn’t be at this point. It was a rough road, now
