What Happened To Elvis Presley's Burning Love?

Zaiden tapped his steering wheel to the beat of Elvis Presley’s “Burning Love.” He was on his way to Anywhere But His Hometown, trying to escape the fact that he was the family disappointment for not getting a baseball scholarship to the same fancy school his father graduated from. Zaiden had no desire to attend a place that valued money over education. He grew up in the tiny town of Ellis, Maine with the grand population of 623 bigoted people. Putting the town in his rearview mirror was his way of trying to find something better. All that wandering soul really needed to be happy was good music, his truck, and good people around him.
He already had the first two necessities, but was working on the third. It was a very vague goal, so he was …show more content…
It’s about _____ hours from here. Will you be traveling out of Maine?”
“I just need to get away from my shithole of a hometown, Ellis. I don’t see anything wrong with traveling to Yeehaw-ville,” Zaiden replied. “As long as you don’t murder me, I can take you wherever you need to go.”
That got a half smile out of her. “I make no promises,” she joked, “but I do ask then that you also refrain from ending my life. I am determined to get to where I need to go.”
“We ought to get going then, I suppose.” He put the truck in drive and started on their adventure. A while later, he broke the silence with, “Hey, I didn’t catch your name.”
“Ah, yeah, I was too busy trying to decide if you were a psychopath or not to give you that bit of info. My name’s Daltyn.” She gave him another half smile and added, “It may be silly, but do you know how I made my decision?”
Zaiden looked at her in a very over-dramatic way and answered, “It had to have been my stunning good looks and irresistible charm.”
Daltyn finally laughed and stated, “Close, but not quite. It was actually when you told me your name. You have the same name as my father. Plus, I really love