The Road Between
It was just before dusk as I wiped the sweat from my brow, my heart pounding from the heat as I plodded forward just a mile from the next town. The road was dusty gravel and my feet kept sliding against the rocks as I tried to keep a decent pace. My clothes wet and sticking to me as the wind would dry away the beads of salty sweat with each gust. I took another step forward with force and as I did, I realized there was something shining a few steps ahead. I stopped, my body trembling with exhaustion as I bent down to pick up the shimmering item to find a key with a coin on the key chain. The coin had two crossed bones on it and read "Cross Roads Cafe". I couldn't help but be intrigued by the imagery on the coin and the idea of being at a crossroads wasn't far from my mind as I had been walking from my most recent disaster and certainly in need of deciding which direction I would take once I found the next town.
