WHISTLE STOP,
ALABAMA
AUGUST 31, 1924
The morning after Ruth left for Valdosta, Idgie crept out of Whistle Stop as silently as the wind over the Warrior River. Not a soul knew what she was up to, save for Big George, who had been keeping a close eye on her since the previous afternoon. Still suffering the after effects of her poor ole broken heart, Idgie just wandered aimlessly through the shady streets, not bothering to keep quiet as to mind all the tuckered folks nearby.
Big George followed her as far as Eva’s place before heading back to help Onzell with the twins, and by the time he returned, Idgie was no where in sight. It wasn’t until a month later that he found her again, back at the River Club slurring curses and smoking Grady Kilgore at poker, just as always.
Idgie never much talked about those nights from the time she high-tailed it out of Whistle Stop to the day she finally slipped back into town, and no one really asked around about it, but the truth was that she ran all the way out to Georgia, sticking close to the trails, until she hid out at some hobo camp about 6...
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