Another Dream

STORM

Wherever it is we are going to have to be very far. We have been on the road for more than two hours. It made me wonder if taking a flight hadn't been the best option, not that there is a nearby airport around though.

“How long before we get to the house?” I asked Lent who was driving. It was just the two of us since the two hours. No stops. No whatevers. Snacks and water were already available on my seat when I had stepped into the car. He was prepared.

Lent shrugged, humming to the slow, unfamiliar music playing on the car radio. “Some minutes from now.” He answered quickly a few minutes later as if he had been calculating the distance in his mind, not taking his eyes from the road.

I wanted to tell him that that was exactly what he had said an hour ago, but I kept quiet, deciding to try out his answer one last time. The next time I might call the journey up short. My buttocks were crying for relief.

I turned to the window, allowing my eyes to shut at least for a while, to p