He now drove north on a coastal highway. He made sure he passed through small towns. But he guessed there was no way to know if he wasn't being tracked. 

He was scanning the radio, he was tired, had been driving for too long, now just flicking through the channels...

There was something calm about all this driving. He laughed a little. The reason he'd been driving for so long was a modified car. He didn't know this when he bought it, but welcomed it now. It was the reason also he doubted they could track him. Surely they saw...

“I wanna know what’s your fantasy.” Played though his speakers as he drove. For some reason this radio station was playing Ludacris and his old songs. This was probably the last time he really listened to Ludacris. But he liked that about the radio, that some times it would play...

The digits if he reversed them did lead to a place. 

He put them in his phone, and it was in California. Some place on the coast. A hotel. He liked the idea of driving there. There was nothing else to do. He felt like a piece of dust lost...

He imagined it would be different when he left. He wasn’t upset but he just imagined it differently like it would be such a big thing. But now he started the car it would just be taking a drive. Easy.

There was a slight nervousness in him after he put the...

It was true Mary Beth didn’t notice right away. But when she did she knew what to do. 

When they were married a stranger came up to her at the wedding. She thought it was one of his friends. “If he ever runs call me.” The lady said and gave...

He was in the car. He had left all the things for her Mary Beth, that she'd need. Food and some money. She had money too, so its not like she'd care. He wondered if she'd miss him. They were still married, but he wondered if she'd actually miss him.

He...

He looked at a bunch of options. His research turned obsessive. A Suburu if he went north or a Jeep would be good. He played his normal videos while he searched online, he pretended to not be focused but he was clicking fast searching.

Even started messaging some people. Just putting...

He watched other people trickle in and out. College kids in groups laughing and talking. Probably in the same class. Some other kids alone, wearing big headphones. Just taking them off to order. Some other people didn’t even order they’d just collect drinks from the side. 

The first time he...

The thing that was different about the  Spacecity coffee Keith had told him once, was that it was brewed at a higher pressure. It wasn't the Italian style of 9 bar, it was higher, like 12. This still stuck with Pete, he always thought of this as a weird number....