Chapter 13

From LA, Ian took a flight to Boston, with a layover in Chicago. Waiting for the red-eye flight had been nerve wracking, but Ian had slept a little in a chair in the crowded lobby area. When he found himself to be alone in a bathroom in O’Hare, he had heard the crackling again. He waited patiently for it to appear, and as soon as it did, Ian yelled, “Be gone.” It had worked, but he was pretty sure that the man entering the bathroom as Ian was exiting thought that Ian was a jackass.

“Other people have to use it too,” the man said. “There’s like twenty fucking stalls. Other people in the world. You be gone, asshole.”

“Sorry,” Ian had mumbled, more tired than he could imagine.