High Treason
“David said. He and Becky sat together in his room. For the past couple of hours, they’d been biding time by doing nothing. So far, this Scorpion guy had been true to his word, up to and including the nice old black lady who’d seen to their every need.
“There’s been a lot of that today,” Becky said. “Which part are you finding particularly bullshitty?”
“It’s stupid to trust my future—my life—to people I’ve never met before,” he said.
Becky stewed on that for a few seconds. “I can’t disagree enti...rely,” she said. “But give credit for the fact that we’re alive because of them.”
“I thought you were against all of this,” David said.
“I don’t have a clue what I’m for or against anymore, David. Everything I’ve ever known, everything I’ve ever been—all of my accomplishments, such as they are—don’t mean anything anymore. Maybe I’m just grasping at straws. Pretending that I still have choices.”
“Here’s the thing,” David explained.MoreLess
“There’s been a lot of that today,” Becky said. “Which part are you finding particularly bullshitty?”
“It’s stupid to trust my future—my life—to people I’ve never met before,” he said.
Becky stewed on that for a few seconds. “I can’t disagree enti...rely,” she said. “But give credit for the fact that we’re alive because of them.”
“I thought you were against all of this,” David said.
“I don’t have a clue what I’m for or against anymore, David. Everything I’ve ever known, everything I’ve ever been—all of my accomplishments, such as they are—don’t mean anything anymore. Maybe I’m just grasping at straws. Pretending that I still have choices.”
“Here’s the thing,” David explained.MoreLess
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