Finnegan, Over the road preacher

Posted on Mon Feb 27th, 2023 @ 1:48am by Unawakened Finnegan Quinn

Mission: Tales of the Unawakened
Location: Near New Haven CT
Timeline: Six months before awakening

This run had been an easy one. The weather along the Eastern seaboard had been normal. A little bit of rain, a little bit of sun. The traffic had also been normal. Meaning it hadn't been all that great. Especially around Maryland and New York City. But if things went as planned, he would be pulling into New Haven in the better part of an hour. Meaning he would be home in a couple of hours.

He had a lot to do when he got home. Finnegan was always busy. He had a wife to love. His children were always waiting for his return. And later that night he would have to work on the sermon that he'd been building in his mind. He figured it wouldn't take too long. Normally his wife did a team drive with him, but this time she had stayed as she, and two of the kids had doctors appointments.

His CB was on, but it was down low but he could still hear it. Playing over the speakers on his truck was an audiobook. Yet again it was another religious book. This is why he normally drove alone or with his wife. Few of the people could get the fact that he was a pastor, and a truck driver. So many of the people he worked with had foul mouths and worse morals.

Being a pastor was his Passion. Driving a truck was his profession. He loved to drive, in fact he did most of the driving when he was home. He even pushed to get an Endorsement to his license to where he could drive the bus for the church. He only drove a big rig to help with money. Not that he needed to. But he did like to drive.

Life was good

He knew he had had it easy. Loving wife, 3 children. A good job. He was a pastor of a church, and well respected at Most of the other churches in the area. His truck was paid for, the wife's vehicle was paid for. The house was paid off too. They were smart with their finances, not that they needed to be with his dad being super rich.

He now lived on a farm outside of New Haven, just near his father's place. The farm was an actual working farm. Though he did pay people to run it.

Like he had billions of times, Finn cast a glance at his mirrors. 1st the left then the right then his eyes were turned to the road. Up ahead the sign showed in that green and white view that New Haven Connecticut was 40 miles away.He would have to take one of the highways to the North of it, just to get to where he parked his rig.The paperwork was mostly finished, just needing his ending information.

For a Thursday the traffic wasn't too bad, it was also A little past noon so many people were out eating. He reached forward and turned off his audio book and switched to a station that he could catch. This one gave regular traffic reports. This way he could avoid any issues.

He tapped his cell phone to wake it up. Then he pressed the phone icon and the first name on it. "The love of my life"

The phone rang and it picked up quickly. "Hey honey. You back?" His wife asked.

"About 50 miles to the depot. Then paperwork. Be home in about two hours if all goes well."

"Good. Want me to get some dinner?"

Finn thought About it and finally answered. "Sure. Chinese food sounds good today."

"Will do. I'll see you at home. Got one last appointment in just a few minutes."

"Okay. Talk to you then. Love you." Finn stated.

"Love you more." In the back he could hear his kids talking and before he could dispute her claim she hung up. It had been an ongoing game. See who could say they loved the other more

He chuckled. Then once again he thought, life is good.