RAWRK!
RAWRK!
I came to. The stars and the grass and the cars passing by blurred into the focus.
I lay in the grass. Hazel barked at me.
I inhaled.
Hazel grabbed my jacket sleeve and tugged.
“Hey now, Hazel,” I said groggily.
I pulled myself to my knees. They didn’t like that very much. I pushed myself to my feet, ignoring the needles of pain in my knees.
Every car that sped by sent a vicious wind in my direction. Hazel’s bark echoed louder than normal. The world swirled around me like water in a cup.
My car was a couple of feet away, the passenger side door still open—just how I left it.
“C’mon,” I said, wobbling as I motioned to Hazel. “Let’s sit down and wait for Bo and Ant’ny.”
I just needed to sit down for a minute, catch my breath.
We walked through the humid air toward t
