/tags/latexmaid/Recent content in Latexmaid on Gromet's Plaza ArchiveHugoen-us/stories/1/01/01/bettys-travels/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/stories/1/01/01/bettys-travels/<p><strong>Chapter 1: Welcome to the Big City</strong></p> <p>The wipers beat double time to push the rain aside, Betty peered through the windshield trying to find her way. Not for the first time she regretted taking that turn off, but she had been sure that was the one that would get her to that gas station. The noise under the hood was getting worse and worse and she had less and less hope of finding a phone let alone someplace to get help with her car. When the engine finally gave out Betty was able to get it over to the curb. Looking out the windows all she could see through the rain were deserted streets and buildings that went into the clouds.</p>