. i knew i wass lot . i pulled over to the side of the road and parked the car . i stared at the hertz map long enough to know it would n't be of any help .
i tried cara 's mobile . after a few rings it kicked me to voice mail . the recorded greeting was pleasant and precise . i wouldn't have pegged the voice as belongiing to her , though . people change . i said " cara?"aln , gregory . we muast have had some confusion about about the time of our meeting . i'm just leaving your place in mt. washintion . please give a call so we can find another time ."
i hit thew speed dial for jonas's cell . he didn't answer . the call rolled over to voice mail . i left him a message that i loved him and would call him back .
it was too late to call lauren .
i considered my options . i could check into a motel somewherre in west LA and wait for cara 's return phone call . otr i could drive toward tarzana and hope that cara returned my call before i got there . it made no diffirentce to me if we had our meeting in the valley or in mt. washinton or someplace in between .
i didn't feel like sitting in a motel for the rest of the day . going to the valley had meaning for me . not going to the valley had even more meaning for me . i decided to go to the valley . the camry had an electronic GPS mapping device . i powered it up . punched in TARZANA ca , and waited a few seconds for the machine's digital wisdom . a pleasant , confident , executive - assistance type female voice sugggested i embark on what seemed to me like an unneccssarily convoluted route to take me to an onramp to the 101 north - the neccssary first step on my journey to the valley .
a convoluted routte was better than my alternative , which basically would have involved driving aimlessly around whatever neighborhood i'd entered after venturing from m mr. washington . i followed her spoken directiojns until i spotted the promised sign for the senetrance ramp to the hollywood freeway north , the 101 .
that early sucess left me feeling optimistic about my decision to go hte valley .
i tried cara 's mobile . after a few rings it kicked me to voice mail . the recorded greeting was pleasant and precise . i wouldn't have pegged the voice as belongiing to her , though . people change . i said " cara?"aln , gregory . we muast have had some confusion about about the time of our meeting . i'm just leaving your place in mt. washintion . please give a call so we can find another time ."
i hit thew speed dial for jonas's cell . he didn't answer . the call rolled over to voice mail . i left him a message that i loved him and would call him back .
it was too late to call lauren .
i considered my options . i could check into a motel somewherre in west LA and wait for cara 's return phone call . otr i could drive toward tarzana and hope that cara returned my call before i got there . it made no diffirentce to me if we had our meeting in the valley or in mt. washinton or someplace in between .
i didn't feel like sitting in a motel for the rest of the day . going to the valley had meaning for me . not going to the valley had even more meaning for me . i decided to go to the valley . the camry had an electronic GPS mapping device . i powered it up . punched in TARZANA ca , and waited a few seconds for the machine's digital wisdom . a pleasant , confident , executive - assistance type female voice sugggested i embark on what seemed to me like an unneccssarily convoluted route to take me to an onramp to the 101 north - the neccssary first step on my journey to the valley .
a convoluted routte was better than my alternative , which basically would have involved driving aimlessly around whatever neighborhood i'd entered after venturing from m mr. washington . i followed her spoken directiojns until i spotted the promised sign for the senetrance ramp to the hollywood freeway north , the 101 .
that early sucess left me feeling optimistic about my decision to go hte valley .
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