“I liked the rush, I liked the crunch. Never did look back at the fallout. I knew I wasn’t alone in the vast desert road as I frequently heard the howling animals follow my trail, while still hidden in the shrubs. I was not scared or worried, instead, I felt alive for the first time in years. ”
He hit send on the latest entry for the blog he was maintaining to record his daily progress and thoughts he had on his last adventure.
A thousand miles away, sitting in her bed, she read the blog as soon as it was published. This was her only connection to his world since he walked out if it to follow his passion.
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Inspired by First Line Friday and Six sentence story
I think this is his last adventure. He may get crunched by the wild animals, but at least he got a post up on his blog.
That’s an interesting theory.
One suspects that he is not so solitary-I-must-expolore-out-there-alone as he might one everyone to believe.
…otherwise, why is he writing?
He may have described it as a passion, sounds more like selfishness.
no! I don’t read too much into Sixes! why ever would one say that! lol
I think you read my mind. sort of 🙂
Hm. Why do I feel sorry for her and not excited for him? You’ve left it up to us to interpret the backstory. The best kind of SSS 😀
So much revealed in these 2 quotes:
“I was not scared or worried, instead, I felt alive for the first time in years. ”
“This was her only connection to his world since he walked out of it to follow his passion.”
Seems to me, each of them had a totally different perspective on their relationship.
Yes, sadly they could not say it to each other better 🙂
It does come across as the above commenters say. She’s the one i want to advise to just drop him.
I wish it was so easy 😉
Hmm…I sense selfishness here for some reason. If he just wanted to give it all up, why blog? I do think she should just let him go though. He’s nothing but bad news.
You have managed to convey a lot in a very few words. Well-written.