- They simply couldn't deal with the child anymore, so they left him at
a gas station off the interstate and moved on.
- His bicycle is strapped to the back of the car; they don't know what
to do with it yet.
- Fast food tastes good to them for the first time in years.
- The child is unhappy and confused, but not excessively so.
- Why did they get rid of the child? Why not?
They feel some guilt, but not much.
- A mechanic takes the child in, brings him up. He grows up to be
normal, even moderately successful.
- The parents are fine. They speed up the interstate; perhaps they
never stop; perhaps they continue along the freeway indefinitely.
- The front wheel of the bicycle spins slowly as it idly dreams of
going somewhere.
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