For as long as Boyd can remember, he's been pushing pins into a map. Carson City, Las Vegas, Albuquerque -- all places he wants to see, for a dozen different reasons that wouldn't mean a thing to anyone else. When he finally gets a chance to purchase the '70 Plymouth Duster of his dreams, at a price that even he can manage, Boyd jumps at the opportunity.<br><br>Oliver seems like just another kid with a broken dream when their paths cross in Vegas. Against Boyd's better judgment, he offers to let Oliver hitch along for the ride when Oliver confides the need to get out and get gone.<br><br>But isn’t long before Boyd realizes Oliver's reasons for running are more complicated -- and more dangerous -- than Oliver let on. Boyd doesn't like people who play hardball, and he definitely doesn't like people messing with a man who's managed to light a fuse that Boyd forgot he had.

Road Trip

“Nothing, really. I had a girlfriend in grade seven that moved out to Little Rock and I always swore I was going to make it down there one day.” Boyd chuckled and pulled back on to the road. “And no, we’re not going to see her. And no, I don’t harbor any romantic intentions over the whole thing. I just told myself I was going to, so I’m damn well going to. I can’t really explain it, I guess. It doesn’t even make sense to me.”


“That’s okay,” Oliver said with a nod. He pushed the eight-track in the player the rest of the way in and engaged the tape. “It doesn’t have to.”


Chapter 26