1
What’s your name?” I ask again. “Chris, ” he says. “Chris Young.” I exhale dramatically, blowing my bangs out of my eyes. “I can take you, ” I reply. “But if you try anything, I’ll shoot you right between the eyes. Seriously.” He almost smiles. “ Yes, ma’am.Summer Lane
2
I’ve never been on a bike, ” I say. “I mean, I’ve been on a bike but not a motorcycle.”“ And why is that?” he asks. “Bugs. They get in your mouth, right? That’s just gross.” Chris makes a face.“ If you ride around with your mouth hanging open, I assume that could be a possibility.Summer Lane
3
I don’t know how it happened. Nobody does. There are only theories, empty rhetoric and doomsday prophecies. None of them are right, but none of them are completely wrong, either. They all have a grain of truth. All I know is where I was and what I was doing when it happened.Summer Lane