Chapter 8
The pizza took longer to get than Nolan anticipated so his nerves were on edge. He wanted to get on the road ASAP. It was already getting quite late and he didn’t want Rick to have gone to bed before he could get there. He rocketed into his apartment’s parking lot and sprinted toward his building’s front door. He was fumbling with his keys so he could just stab his key into the lock and not waste precious time. He had wasted enough time already and he hoped it wasn’t too late.
“Where’s the fire?”
Nolan let out a high-pitched scream and threw his keys in the direction of the unexpected greeting. Rick was quick to duck out of the way but the keys flew far across the lawn.
“What the f**k?” Rick said between gales of laughter. “You are so damned jumpy.”
“You scared the s**t out
