#Chapter 159 – On the Road

Evelyn glances over at Ian as he fiddles with the car’s radio controls, trying to find a station that he likes. She can’t help but smile at him a little bit. When did he get old enough to have tastes in music? It was so strange, raising a child, watching them grow into a full person. He is technically still too young to be sitting in the front seat of the car but…well. Desperate times, desperate measures. Or whatever. Evelyn wants him close by her is the real answer, not sitting alone in the back of the car. They’ve been mostly quiet for the trip, but it’s not an uncomfortable silence. Ian had told her, when he first got into the car, what he and Alvin had decided. “I’m coming with you,” Ian had said, his face pale as he stood with the car door open, his feet firmly planted on the driveway. “What?!” Evelyn had breathed, her voice low with shock. She looked behind him, looking for Alvin as well. “No, mama,” Ian had said, interpreting her look. “Just me. Alvin is staying with papa.