Knock, Knock | Keary Sisters
Harper tapped on the rusty bed of the truck as she slung her backpack over her shoulder before moving towards the open passenger window, smiling in at the driver. “Thanks for the lift, Jose. I’ll see you around, yeah?”
Jose looked skeptical “Are you sure about this, chica? Does your sister know you’re coming?” Harper nodded, but it was a lie. When they’d stopped in Arizona and she used a pay phone, she actually just dialed the information line and made sure the address she had for her sister was correct.
“Yeah.” Harper stated, “I gotta get going. Thanks again, man.”
Jose nodded, “No problem. Call me when you get settled, alright?” Harper smiled again and nodded before Jose took off, his old truck kicking up red dirt.
She hiked her bag up higher on her shoulder before turning and walking further up the road until she stopped at a small house. She unfurled the crumpled piece of paper from the front of her jeans. The address and name hastily scrawled on a piece of motel notepad paper.
Hazel Keary. 115 Salamander Circle. Santa Fe, NM.
There it was, right in front of her, the place her sister called home. It was cute and perfect for the sister she remembered, the sister she had missed so much that it made her heart feel like it had a gaping hole in the dead center.
Biting down on her lower lip, she opened the front gate and walked up to the small patio and knocked on the front door, hoping that Hazel would be home.