Kenny’s POV
The 1950 Ford Custom Deluxe was a beautiful car in the same way Rita Hayworth was an absolute bombshell of a woman. If, you know, gals had overdrive capabilities on four-speed manual transmission with a full-range V-8 engine that purred like a kitten full of cream when the pedal was laid. Maybe less Rita and more Marlene Dietrich in her coat and tails. Now that was an Alpha woman I wouldn’t mind being kept by. Woof.
I wasn’t a fan of black vinyl seats, the rub of them seemed to cheapen the spread of the cruiser, but I’d be lying if I wasn’t absorbing everything in the back seat, eyes eager to categorize, chop, and build anew.
Mechanic hands, my sister and Rocco had said with pride, hands of a goddamn savant.
Hands that weren’t doing jack shit as the sheriff drove us to the very outskirts of the city limits. No one around for miles.
No witnesses.