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I became, I noticed Shaul’s increasing discomfort. He grabbed the
steering wheel tightly and his nostrils began to flare. It looked
like he was in an agonizing pain that increased in intensity with
each lyric. A few more notes into the song, his face started
turning red and he shouted, “Stop! Please, Cordellia,
stop!”
    I stopped singing at once, feeling
embarrassed. I didn’t understand why he couldn’t just pretend to
like the song. He pissed me off. Was he trying to ruin the one
thing I loved?
    I could tell my mother was a little
taken aback by his outburst, but she didn’t say anything. After
all, we didn’t really know him and we were in a vulnerable
situation.
    That’s when the seriousness of our
actual circumstances started sinking in. We were in a bad place.
Now that we had lost our cave on the island, we really had nowhere
to go. I wasn’t so sure I wanted to go to Seneca Mountains because
I didn’t really want to be around Shaul anymore. I sensed that Mom
didn’t have any substantial plans for us.
    My stomach started knotting up and I
just stared straight ahead watching the night, feeling the fright
penetrate my essence.
     
    6
    “ I hear the music too.”
Shaul tensed. He tightened his lips, gazing at me through narrowed
eyes as he drove.
    “ Really?” I turned to him
looking past my mother.
    His stare remained fixed on my
face.
    My mother rolled her eyes. “I can’t
hear anything, but the air whizzing past us.
    “ Is the song gradually
intensifying in your mind as we head further south?”
    He turned away, clenching his teeth
together in vicious agitation. Grasping the steering wheel tighter,
he attempted to calm himself.
    Then, suddenly, he turned off the
freeway, directing the speed wave over the side rail, over an
abandoned food house. He accelerated, lifting over a long stretch
of trees, and spun the auto in a three-sixty where he parked in
front of an old Victorian home in a residential
neighborhood.
    “ Wait here,” he mumbled.
“I’ll be right back.” He rushed out of the car, locking us in, and
jogged to the back of the house.
    My mother shook her head, her eyes
wide. “What’s he doing?”
    “ I have no idea.” I twisted
a strand of my long black hair around my fingers to calm
myself.
    “ What’s all that about
hearing music in your heads?” she asked as she tried to unlock the
door unsuccessfully.
    “ I don’t know, but at least
I’m not the only one hearing it. Looks like you need your hearing
checked, Mom,” I snorted. “Maybe the CDV is on and you’re tone
deaf.” I knew that wasn’t true and that the enchanting sounds I
heard were in my mind, but I enjoyed teasing her.
    “ I just can’t figure out
what Shaul’s problem is,” I continued.
    “ He seems a bit
unstable.”
    “ I’d say so.” But, as
unusual as Shaul was, he utterly fascinated me. “Any ideas where we
should move to?”
    She looked burdened. “I haven’t
figured it out yet. We don’t have any of our supplies anymore, so
it’s going to be difficult to set up in the wilderness.”
    “ We don’t even have coats
or sleeping bags for the nights.”
    My mother nodded. “No tent, no
clothes, no knives.”
    “ I think we should stick
with Shaul for awhile and see what the community in Seneca
Mountains is all about. If we don’t like it there, we can always
leave.”
    My mother sighed. “Honestly, I don’t
see any other choice, but I’ll think of something—hopefully.” She
had a pessimistic expression on her face when she looked up.
“Please God—help us.”
    Shaul rushed back to the car carrying
two large bags. He had a mischievous grin on his face as he opened
the passenger door. “Got some supplies for you both.”
    When I glanced over at Mom, I saw her
eyes were lit with joy. “What kind of stuff do you have
there?”
    “ Clothes, coats, sleeping
bags, tents, knives, toiletries, etc.”
    “ How did you get all this?”
I asked somewhat skeptical.
    He chuckled