Jenny Xie — The Monarch Review

Hitcher – Jenny Xie

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 14:08 — 0 Comments

After three hours on I-5 North, Howard gave up on the radio. The announcer’s voice was pockmarked with static, and the songs were worn thin and mournful from overuse. He switched it off in the middle of an old rock song—Cat Stevens—and enjoyed the sudden silence. The road muttered warmly under the tires. The setting sun sent splinters of gold light across the windshield. Shifting in his seat, Howard watched the hand on the speedometer tremble towards eighty. If he kept it up, he could make it home to Lauren before ten. Hopefully she’d have left his dinner in the […]