Car Trouble: Part I

Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0000

Car Trouble: Part I by Rebecca Pearl

The nights back and forth from school to home, a forty-five minute drive for Claudia had started to wear down on her car. It was after her nine o’clock class had ended that she was half-way from her journey home when her tachometer raised to the red level that it wasn’t supposed to. She pulled the car over immediately and parked it. Shutting off the engine, she heard a soft hissing noise and black smoke seeped out from under the hood. The smell was strong in oil and fluids that made it difficult to breathe. She didn’t want to get out of the car, but she had to, for the smoke was coming through the vents.

Rebecca Pearl on Gromet's Plaza Archive

Car Trouble: Part I