As I scoped out another location to settle down, Joe Cocker was announced. I managed to find a spot under a tree—pretty lucky, actually—and got comfortable. There were two couples nearby, completely unaware of their surroundings as they got real close to each other.
I glanced to my left and saw two bodies kneeling underneath a tarp. I could smell the weed they were smoking. I leaned against the trunk at my back and let my mind wander where it would.
Belatedly, I noticed the clouds getting darker, but I was too lost in my thoughts to take a hint of what was probably going to be a monster rainstorm.
Why had I acted like that with Sully? Hell, why do I always do that? It was as if I had no control over my mouth. I had learned to keep my opinions to myself growing up out of sheer self-prese
