Free A Bridge of Her Own by Carey Heywood Page B

all by herself.
    She just didn't know if she could wait two whole months living with her parents. Besides how would she play off not speaking to or visiting Wyatt for that long? Come on. This was Lacey she thought. Of course she wanted to road trip with her.
    "Sure," she said. "That will give me plenty of time to plot out our route." Lacey made her promise not to over plan it. She agreed.
    The thought of where they would go first and what they would see took her mind off of Wyatt for a while. She planned on running to a bookstore the next day to pick up some travel books. Now that she thought about it, there were places that she would love to see. She had heard there was a place in the Southwest where four states met at one point, and she always wanted to see the Golden Gate Bridge.
    The next morning, she woke up early and headed to the bookstore. She browsed the racks for a long time before settling on an AAA map book and three travel guides. Growing up in the South, she felt good about checking out other regions. She got a book on New England, the Midwest, and the Southwest. She got an iced coffee and sat outside flipping through her books.
    They could start their trip heading west and see the Alamo, the four corners, then the Grand Canyon. After that, they would head straight to the Pacific Ocean, drive along Ocean Drive, and head right up to San Francisco and ride on a trolley. From there, they could go to Las Vegas; she knew Lacey would love that. After Vegas, they would go to Chicago, and she would get to see Wyatt.
    She did not plan on telling that part to Lacey. She was going to play it off, as wanting the see the museums she had studied while it was still in the plan for her to move there. Lacey knew how crazy she was about museums. She thought it was plausible. She still could not figure out how she was going to deal with waiting two whole months. She had thought planning the trip would take more time.
    Plus, she really did not want too much free time with her mother. It meant she would be asking her questions the whole time, questions Jane wanted to avoid. Also, road trips were not cheap. There would be hotels to pay for and food and gas. It was decided she needed a job.
    She called Lacey and asked her where she should work. Lacey said she should totally be a nanny. That way, she could work on her tan at the pool and watch daytime TV all day, and she might even swing more money giving piano or art lessons to the kids. Interesting, Jane thought, but she was not sure she would be that great with kids. Then Lacey suggested temping.
    Jane loved the idea because as a temp she could always turn down a position if something else was going on. After they hung up, she called a temp agency and scheduled a meeting with them for the next day. Afterward, she went to go broach the subject of a road trip with her parents. She spun it as sightseeing on her way to meet up with Wyatt and that she wasn't one hundred percent sure about moving in with him right away.
    This way she could check out his place and the area in general before making her final decision. She felt bad for stretching the truth, but it was the best she could do. She also told her parents she would be going with Lacey, and depending on how the meeting tomorrow went, would be attempting to raise money for the trip. Her father looked relieved at this news, maybe thinking that she was expecting him to fund everything.
    The next morning, she showered and dressed in a simple black suit with a teal shell and black flats. She wore her hair in a low ponytail at the nape of her neck. She joined her parents for breakfast and then headed to her appointment with the staffing agency.
    When she got there, she completed a standard employment application. Then she took three computerized assessment tests. One test gauged her typing speed, another basic math skills and the last a memory evaluation. She was apparently successful in all, and her employment coordinator had two