Turn to Me:Chapter 4
They got into the SUV and drove the two and a half hours to Pilot Mountain State Park. Once they got on the highway, Rhett put some Merle Haggard on the stereo and they sang along together. They reminisced about their recent brief encounter with their childhood idol, talking about how things might have gone differently, then reassuring each other again that what had happened was probably for the best.Like always when they drove together, time flew by without either really noticing. As they entered the foothills of the mountains, fat snowflakes began falling from the sky and melting on the windshield. Link pointed them out, voice tinged with concern. “Are we gonna get a lot of snow, do you think?”
Rhett fidgeted with the steering wheel. “Actually, they are predicting a bit of a storm.”
Link turned to him. “What? You sure this is a good idea?”
Rhett dismissed his friend’s worry with a wave of his hand. “It’ll be fine. This baby can handle it.”
“You don’t have a lot of practice driving in the snow anymore, man.”
“It’s not supposed to start coming down hard until after we’re settled in. Don’t worry about it.”
Link took a deep breath and blew it out through pursed lips, shaking his head, but he didn’t say anything more about it. After another half hour or so, they pulled up to the ranger station at the base of the mountain. Snow gusted into the window when Rhett rolled it down to hand his license to the park ranger. The man greeted them with hearty North Carolina cheer, welcoming them to the state park and checking off Rhett’s name on a clipboard.
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