Literature
100 Lit Challenge - Running Away
How far is far enough?
The pavement is just as hard here as it was where he started, but the nights are brighter, and the winter isn't so harsh.
He doesn't lock the door when he turns in for the night, and his clothes are strewn about the floor. The bathroom light is still on, and a coffee mug with the motel's logo almost completely scratched off sits by the stained microwave, the last few drops of cheap cocoa having turned disgustingly cold in the hours since he drank it.
In the morning, he has a cup of motel coffee, and walks to the town's laundromat, almost falling back asleep to the hypnotic hum of the dryers, only snapping back to con