She closed her eyes and let the soft rocking rhythm soothe her. It’d been a long week—actually, it’d been a long few weeks. Her long, messy divorce was finally finalized and she was on her way to Seattle to visit family. The cost of flying was too high so she’d book a two night trip on the Amtrak to take her from Chicago to Seattle. It wasn’t the fastest, but it did give her time to unwind. It’d been ages since she’d been home and she was looking forward to seeing her friends and family in Seattle. Ruth looked around at her accommodations and smiled. She’d managed to book a fair sized cabin and was suitably impressed with it. There was even a shower so she could freshen up in the morning. But she didn’t want to stay cooped up in her cabin the entire trip. Not to mention, hunger was beginning to gnaw away at her stomach. It wouldn’t hurt to pay a trip to the train’s dining car. She gazed at herself in the mirror as she brushed her long blonde hair and scooped it up into a high ponytail.
