Scorch (2016)
“He left his truck outside so the garage door wouldn’t wake Jacqui, but the dryer was going when he walked through.
Muttley lifted his head from sleeping on his mat by the back door, made a malcontented noise and rose to circle, turning his back to Vin as he curled back into sleep with a snuffled exhale.
Vin dropped his keys in the bowl on the kitchen counter and glanced in the living room. The sofa was empty.
He would usually plant himself there for an hour or so, flicking channels until the ad...renaline buzz wore off. Tonight, concern had him climbing the stairs two at a time.
He was really good at compartmentalizing. He’d developed the skill as a kid being shifted from one home to the next, one school to the next. There had been no point poisoning his mark on the math quiz because he was seething over sharing a room with a kid who stole his things. He had learned to push aside emotion-infused personal problems by challenging himself to do well at things he could control—academics, physical fitness, fighting fire.MoreLess
Muttley lifted his head from sleeping on his mat by the back door, made a malcontented noise and rose to circle, turning his back to Vin as he curled back into sleep with a snuffled exhale.
Vin dropped his keys in the bowl on the kitchen counter and glanced in the living room. The sofa was empty.
He would usually plant himself there for an hour or so, flicking channels until the ad...renaline buzz wore off. Tonight, concern had him climbing the stairs two at a time.
He was really good at compartmentalizing. He’d developed the skill as a kid being shifted from one home to the next, one school to the next. There had been no point poisoning his mark on the math quiz because he was seething over sharing a room with a kid who stole his things. He had learned to push aside emotion-infused personal problems by challenging himself to do well at things he could control—academics, physical fitness, fighting fire.MoreLess
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