Torrential rain poured from the dark clouds that blotted the sun from the sky. Kelly gripped the steering wheel tighter as her windshield wipers swished back and forth in a losing battle with the elements.
“Ugh,” she moaned, “why does this always happen when we’re traveling?”
Jodi studied her phone, tugging on her seat belt as she wiggled into the warmth of her heated passenger seat. “It’s not much farther. And then we’ll be on the train.”
“Great. Then someone else can worry about driving through this weather.” She shook her head before furrowing her brow. “Wait, can the train even go through this kind of weather?”
Jodi rolled her eyes. “Yes, Kelly. Why wouldn’t it?”
Kelly waved a hand at the windshield, an incredulous expression on her face. “The rain. How do they drive a steam engine in the rain?”
Jodi stared at the screen and shrugged. “That’s up to them. All I know is that it’s not canceled because of rain. I don’t even think they cancel it because of snow.”
“They drive the train through the snow?”
“I’m sure they clear the tracks. It doesn’t matter. It’s not snowing, it’s raining. And it’s hardly a problem.”
Kelly offered an ominous glance at the sky again. “I hope the weather clears up. I don’t know why you keep insisting on doing these crazy things.”
Jodi dumped her phone in the cupholder and jabbed a finger at her sister. “Hey, the last crazy thing I did got us a massive estate and a huge inheritance.”
Kelly shook her head as she slowed to a stop at a red light. Rain pounded the pavement around them as they waited at the lonely intersection. “I still can’t believe that. I’m waiting to wake up from a dream.”
“It’s not a dream. We own Pearl Pond Estate now, and we finally can relax and do things like this.”
“Right. Like a spooky Legend of Sleepy Hollow train event.”
“Exactly,” Jodi said. “Turn right up here.”
“Where?” Kelly squinted through the heavy rain, in search of a road. “Here?”
“No.”
Kelly slowed, rolling past the road and searching ahead.
“Not the next one, but the one after that.”
“Okay.” Kelly crawled forward, passing the next road.
“No, wait. We passed it.”
“How did we pass it? You said not the next right, the one after that!”
“Well, I was wrong, okay? It was the one you just passed. Just turn around.”
