Dirt, an audio drama, is a production of Studio 5705.

Chapter 6

I I call Kim next as I crest Manastash Ridge on Interstate 82

and descend into the wide Kittitas Valley.

Desert sagebrush starts to give way to fertile farms and ranches.

Dozens of white windmills dot the brown hillsides in the distance, and beyond them,

the jagged Stewart Range wears the first snow of the season.

With Kim on the line, I don't know where to start, so I'd just blurt everything out.

Holy crap, Joseph.

I know. Crazy, right? Like the plot seriously thickens.

You're sealing my line now and embellishing. Well, I've got jewelry box fever.

You're a changed man, I can hear it in your voice. The thing is, I almost wasn't.

For a minute there, I wanted to smash the detector into bits.

Now though?

I think this is all real, Kim.

I saw with my own eyes that the box had been in the ground for a long time.

Oh, I asked him if I could keep the metal detector just to have it.

It's in my trunk, right now. That's so cool. You know, right before I called you, I was thinking

about Imo and Vivian driving over this pass back in the day, probably with the detector in their trunk, too.

Or driving down on the canyon, along the Yakima River.

Now there's a beautiful drive.

Dang it. Why didn't I go that way?

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