you a Sprite at a rest stop on Route 9. You went around the wrong side of the building and got lost.”

Nothing.

He looked disturbed, but blank.

My chest hollowed out.

Then I remembered what Kate had said.

The cold bottle.

I turned around, got back into my car, and drove to the gas station down the road.

When I returned, he was still there.

I walked up to him continue reading …