Chapter 11 QUINN Once I get past the itchy discomfort of not knowing where we’re going or if we’re even taking the most fuel efficient route to get there, I have to admit, there is something kind of fun and freeing about not keeping an eye on the map or double checking an itinerary to...
Chapter 10 MANNY I freeze with the plastic lid of my coffee cup pressed to my lips, darting a glance back and forth between the two of them. Shit, this is awkward. I rake my fingers through my unruly hair and slide to the edge of my bed,...
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...