Heating Up (2016)
“The cabbie honked his horn as the other driver tried to cut him off. Even from inside, over the chef’s insipid playlist, she could hear the screeching of metal scraping metal.
“They’re going to kill each other,” Gia said, unable to take her eyes off the scene of the two men yelling, smashing into each other like bumper cars in Coney Island. “Seriously, they’re willing to die to shave a fraction of a second off their commute. It’s crazy.”
“It’s New York City in rush hour.” Marci tapped her acrylic nail on the menu. “You know what you want?”
Yeah, Gia thought, to get out of this hell hole. To pack up her car and drive west, where the roads were safe and people didn’t move at warp speed. Where she could breathe.
The waiter came and Marci turned to Gia. “I suggest you get a drink. Make it a double.”
“That bad, huh?”
Marci let out a sigh. “It depends on how you look at it.”
The waiter, who spoke with an accent Gia didn’t recognize, tapped his toe impatiently.
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