![]() ![]() ![]() One of them is a client, and the other is a priest. When Mattie runs upstairs to get some juice for Turtle, two men stop by the lot.Mattie invites Taylor to sit and have a cup of coffee with her, and she scrounges up some crackers for Turtle while she's at it.When she takes a closer look at them, it's clear that neither of them can be patched. Mattie points out that not just one, but both of Taylor's rear tires are flat. ![]() There, a woman helps Taylor get her car up onto a jack, and introduces herself as Mattie.Taylor drives the car gently into town, and soon spots a used tire lot called Jesus Is Lord Used Tires.But what do you expect with a lemon from Kentucky. While she waits, she talks to a local, who points out that one of her rear tires is flat. Near Tucson, Taylor pulls off the highway and into a disused gas station to wait out a hail storm.Taylor explains that she has chosen to call the child Turtle, "on account of her grip" (3.4).Since then, she's been staying and working at the Broken Arrow Motor Lodge. A number of days have passed since that fateful night when the Cherokee child came into her life.Taylor picks up her own narrative again, when she's crossing the state line into Arizona. ![]()
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