On the Edge (2014)
“He was in his thoughts, and I was in mine.
Wherever he was taking me, it was north of the city. He drove along the coast, the ocean a streak of blackness against the horizon.
The moonroof was open and the scent of the night was all around us, the rush of air in our ears. I saw a sign saying, “Fort Lauderdale, The Venice of America,” and I wondered why a city would want to associate itself with Venice when everybody knew that it was sinking.
All I knew about Fort Lauderdale was that old people a...nd spring breakers flocked there like geese. It wasn’t a place you’d expect someone like Ortiz to know well, but he navigated the streets easily, making plenty of twists and turns. I wondered if he was deliberately making things confusing so I wouldn’t remember where the place was.
“In case we’re being followed,” he explained.
“You think someone is tailing us?”
“No. It’s just protocol.”
He pulled into the driveway of a ranch-style bungalow in a middle-class neighborhood.MoreLess
Wherever he was taking me, it was north of the city. He drove along the coast, the ocean a streak of blackness against the horizon.
The moonroof was open and the scent of the night was all around us, the rush of air in our ears. I saw a sign saying, “Fort Lauderdale, The Venice of America,” and I wondered why a city would want to associate itself with Venice when everybody knew that it was sinking.
All I knew about Fort Lauderdale was that old people a...nd spring breakers flocked there like geese. It wasn’t a place you’d expect someone like Ortiz to know well, but he navigated the streets easily, making plenty of twists and turns. I wondered if he was deliberately making things confusing so I wouldn’t remember where the place was.
“In case we’re being followed,” he explained.
“You think someone is tailing us?”
“No. It’s just protocol.”
He pulled into the driveway of a ranch-style bungalow in a middle-class neighborhood.MoreLess
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