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. ...
Chapter 4 MANNY The cold wind off the ocean whips up, blowing wildly through my hair and ruffling my clothes, sprinkling all of us with the gritty feeling of sand and saltwater. “Not sure mid-May is beach weather in New England,” Quinn says,...
Chapter 3 QUINN I don’t know if Shawn has lost his damn mind or if he’s just so desperate to avoid the elephant in the room of what this whole trip really means that he’s willing to invite a stranger to crash it....