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The Night the Gas Station Attendant Knew My Name
Season 2
Episode 52
Published 3 weeks ago
Description
It was the summer of 2003, and I was driving through the Mojave Desert on a stretch of Route 66 that most people don't take anymore. Somewhere between Needles and Amboy, I stopped at a gas station that shouldn't have been open. The attendant was an old man in a khaki uniform. He didn't ask me how much I wanted. He just said, 'You're Luna, right? Your father used to come through here.' Only I never knew my father. And this was the first time I'd ever been on this road.