Emily
Emily
I sat motionless in the passenger seat, feeling trapped in my tight seat belt
while Mom sang along with her tapes and pointed at everything she spotted on the roadside.
She even read the signs aloud, as if I couldn't comprehend them on my own.
"Crawford, fifty kilometers—there it is, Baby, that's the town we're headed to.
How many miles is fifty kilometers, Mary?"
"I dunno," I sulked, folding my arms.
"Oh, Mary, please don't be moody, not today.
I told Harry all about how poli
