I left for a quiet little town, hoping to start life with a clean slate. But on the way everything went wrong: I got a travel companion—Leo, unbearably calm and far too attentive—plus a snowstorm, and then Aunt Lyuda and her battle-worn “Zaporizhets.” My perfect plan fell apart on the go. Now we’re stuck in a car the color of a sour apple, and my heart stubbornly stumbles out of rhythm with the wheels. Will I still manage to reach my dream—or will this adventure pull me even deeper?