CHAPTER 5
Ricky always enjoyed the drive out to Baxter Loop, or at least he enjoyed it when he had the car entirely to himself.
He turned the radio onto scan, listened to two full cycles, and finally ended up on the oldies station Mom always listened to anyway.
What kind of gift should he find for his mom? She always liked the things from the Safe Anchorage gift shop, but he’d already given her four scented candles and two new goat milk lotions for her birthday last month.
Oh, well. If Connie was there this morning, she’d help him pick out something appropriate, and if it was one of the other workers instead, he could always browse through all the jewelry.
His mom was always asking him when he’d find a girl to date, but if having a girlfriend was even half as expensive as taking care
