\u201cThere it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat? What are you pointing at?\u201d<\/p>\n
I pointed out, through the windscreen, into the darkness while keeping the wheel steady with just the one hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t tell what you are pointing at, babe. I want to just get it, but I\u2019m tired and I\u2019ve been in this car for hours now.\u201d<\/p>\n
She offered me her cute \u201cI\u2019ve had it but I still love you\u201d face that we both know always means that I cave in and I did just that.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou see the red lights going up in a straight line on top of that hill?\u201d<\/p>\n
She perked up a little;<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWell that is Winter Hill, there\u2019s a big TV mast there, and it\u2019s the landmark that tells me I\u2019m home. Day or night you can see it from my room, and round where I grew up everyone knows it. it\u2019s one of the things that is \u2018home\u2019, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n
She smiled, a perkier smile, and seemed to be enjoying being introduced to THE NORTH, and more importantly to my home. There was a brief flicker of incredulity in me, followed swiftly on by joy; I\u2019d never brought a girl back home who seemed like they wanted to go before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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