After parting ways with Brandi and Brandy, we begin our trek back to Victory Ridge, back along the road to Nowhere. My body aches from exhaustion, but my mind sprints in circles. Metallica Girl’s real name is Mary Grace Baird.
It feels pretty strange at first. To think of her as Mary Grace instead of Metallica Girl, that is. But I guess they’re still one and the same. It’s like I’ve discovered her secret identity or something. Metallica Girl is Mary Grace. Mary Grace is Metallica Girl.
Of the three of us, Shane is by far the liveliest as we wander along the road, way more chipper than he normally is. Molloy, on the other hand, yawns as he shuffles along behind us, bitching that we’re walking too fast despite him hurrying us along back at the field.
“You know what, Chuck?” Shane asks, br
