Olivia reached over and squeezed my hand. She smiled, before looking at Ralph in the rearview mirror.
"Hey, Dorkmeister," she said. "Just so you know, Kyle and I are together now."
He returned a bored look. "I already knew it. I was just waiting for you two to figure it out."
A few minutes later, we rounded a bend and the forest opened up to a wide vista to the west. The sun was setting. The sky was all burnt orange and pink. And everywhere we looked were columns of smoke rising up.
"It looks like a war zone," I said. "It's not going to be easy."
THE END
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TW Gallier was born in Beaumont, Texas. He served 7 years in an Armored Cavalry Regiment (11
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ACR Blackhorse Regiment), learning no useful skills. After the Army he went back to school to study electronics, figuring that would be a profession with job security. In 2008 he was laid off. It wasn’t the first time or last time he was wrong. But while in school, and holding down a full time job, he began writing in his spare time. In the mid-nineties he had his first short story sale and publication. He shares his life with his wife and their two dogs.
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