Seeking

The silence of the night was broken suddenly as Sal slide through the doorway of the cabin and back out into the night. As Sal approached the car he paused for a second as if at some kind of crossroad in his mind, then he climbed back into the car consumed with this overwhelming feeling that things were going to work out, that for the first time in his life, everything was ok.

Sal was fascinated with this woman that agreed to join him on nothing more than a whim. More than anything he realized how lonely the road had been over the last few months and how good it would feel to be lying next to Sam at this very moment. For now he turned his attention to the unlite Camel in his mouth and the opened atlas of the US in the console of the Buick. Sal then handed Sam the atlas and said "Baby, pick a town for us to lay low in for awhile."

Sam took the atlas in her hand and pulled Sal close to her and kissed him on his lips softly and whispered to him "Baby, I know the perfect place."

His heart exploded in his chest. He had not felt anything like this in...well never. To this point in Sal's life nothing seemed certain, and then without any warning everything seemed so clear.

Through the night they drove until they reached their sleepy West Virginia town. The mission now was to find a hotel room. They pulled into a roadside motel and as Sal was getting out of the car to check for vacancies Sam pulled him back in and...