Chapter 9 SHAWN Hours after getting back to the motel and the tight, hot feeling in my chest still hasn’t loosened. The steady sound of Manny and Quinn’s snores should be lulling me into sleep too, but instead they’re just annoying me....
Chapter 8 QUINN It’s late by the time we’re driving through the heart of Philadelphia. Whatever Manny has planned for us apparently isn’t a daytime activity, so we took our time with the drive and then checked into a motel here in the city....
Chapter 7 SHAWN Groggy and half asleep, there two things I notice before my brain bothers to come fully online, my eyes still closed as I slowly work my way to consciousness. The first is that it’s quiet. Growing up with our house on a busy street and then spending the last four years at...
Chapter 6 SHAWN With Manny waving a joint around and the promise he made to make this a road trip we won’t forget still lingering between us, I think I’m a lot more like Quinn than I want to admit to myself....
Chapter 5 QUINN I’m exhausted and my whole body is sore by the time we get back to the motel a few hours later, but I can’t stop smiling. And I can’t help but wonder what else might be as fun as windsurfing that I’ve just been too afraid to try. ...