218-word post, “58 Chevy Pickup”

Under the hot sun of a summer afternoon, 14-year old Max Barnes rode shotgun in the rusted-out 58 Chevy pickup as his cousin Lenny – just old enough for his learner’s permit – drove them around and around an old circular dirt race track in the back forty.

The equation “vehicle + Lenny” had never worked out for Max. Two summers ago, riding double on Lenny’s dirt bike, they’d driven into the side of the house. Last winter, double on a skidoo, Lenny had driven them into a cow.

And now, as they rounded a corner, the passenger side-door flew open. Centrifugal force won out over Max’s desire to stay in the vehicle, and he flew out and clear.

As he traced an arc through the air, he got a flash of Lenny’s open-mouthed face looking at him through the rear window as he drove the truck straight into a tree.

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Lenny was never found.

But to this day, Max, now 40, still gets occasional, ‘unknown caller’ phone calls late at night. “Lenny?” he always asks. But all he hears on the line is rustling leaves.

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