I shielded my eyes and scanned the horizon— shook my head. “No. No, thanks. I—I’m just going to wait here ... for a bit. You—you go on along. Really.”
“Dude—”
But I just stared at him, the wind jostling my hair.
He moved toward the car but paused, facing away. “The gas’ll all be gone soon; there won’t even be any left to siphon.” He lifted an arm as though he were going to make a point; then slowly lowered it, let it dangle. “It’ll all be degraded—completely useless.”
He swiveled around suddenly. “Do you at least want a g*n?”
I shook my head.
“Yeah ... it figures.” He got in the car and shut the door. “Well—we had some fun. Guess that’s as good as it gets.”
And then the engine leapt up with a rumble and he was gone; taking it easy until he rounded the far corner, opening it up as he
