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The truck wheezed, burped, and made all the noises typical of a dying cow before it expired in a cloud of motor exhaust. It's owner, 22 year-old Shelia Parkington, cursed the car company, her mechanic, her exboyfriend, her mother, her father, and God, all in one long, strenuous breath.

The desert wasn't as hot as she expected, but it was bigger and more lonely than the human soul.

She looked down the empty road and then up to where the black pavement stretched out to the horizon. She picked up her purse, put on her cowboy hat and started walking.