Run for Cover
“I’m not going to panic.
I am going to kill him.
So much for my hypervigilance. Was he just waiting for me to get distracted? Where did he sneak off to so fast? And what is he doing while I’m not watching him?
I hurry to the door of the convenience store, but it’s locked. So he’s not in there, unless he figured out how to lock the door behind him really quickly. I peer in through the glass, but there’s no movement in the dark aisles.
“Drew!” I hiss, whirling around. “Drew! Where are you?” The ga...s pumps are like tall, silent robots, watching me blankly. The little numbers over the nozzles say that gas is sixty dollars a gallon here.
Silence stretches around me. It’s so cold even the insects are holed up somewhere. There’s a faraway hum like a generator off in the distance. Then I hear a soft clink around the back of the gas station.
I pelt around the corner of the store and run right into Drew. He’s standing at a pay phone, holding the receiver in one hand as he slides coins into the slot with the other.MoreLess
I am going to kill him.
So much for my hypervigilance. Was he just waiting for me to get distracted? Where did he sneak off to so fast? And what is he doing while I’m not watching him?
I hurry to the door of the convenience store, but it’s locked. So he’s not in there, unless he figured out how to lock the door behind him really quickly. I peer in through the glass, but there’s no movement in the dark aisles.
“Drew!” I hiss, whirling around. “Drew! Where are you?” The ga...s pumps are like tall, silent robots, watching me blankly. The little numbers over the nozzles say that gas is sixty dollars a gallon here.
Silence stretches around me. It’s so cold even the insects are holed up somewhere. There’s a faraway hum like a generator off in the distance. Then I hear a soft clink around the back of the gas station.
I pelt around the corner of the store and run right into Drew. He’s standing at a pay phone, holding the receiver in one hand as he slides coins into the slot with the other.MoreLess
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