Where To?

 

2024-07-05 “Where To?”  by  Emma

WHERE TO—Emma stopped getting dressed when Jenn took a turn in the bathing room. She had partly hoped when she woke up it would have been a dream, and she’d ‘ve been still in that boxcar on her way to Memphis.

But she wudn't.

In some ways, though, she was glad. Jumping ahead into the future had landed her nice. Everything was softer. Warmer. Cooler. Smoother.

And faster. Jenn tole Emma they’d go from Omaha to Memphis that day. Emma had heard o’ Omaha. Going to it was unthinkable. 

“Well, Merritt’s ambitious, and it’s a long trip for a day, even in 2024,” Jenn had said.

Emma just played along, and smiled. It was a long trip for a lifetime in 1880.

All Emma could think was, if she was in the future, at least she wudn’t alone. And at least Jenn and Merritt were trying to figure things out, same as her.

In a really strange way, she felt connected to them by account of that. And it had been as long as she could remember before that she felt connected to anyone ‘cept her momma.