“What are you talking about? My bus doesn’t leave till three – we got hours still.”
“Get up. Your dad told me to get you to the bus station ASAP and we are leaving in three. Three goddamn minutes.”
Rocky peered around the blinds of his window. “Jesus, it’s still dark out.”
“You wanted to join the Army. Get used to it.”
Rocky was chaperoned from his room to Lilac’s room, where he had to maneuver around the floor full of dog tails to say goodbye to his sister. In her cotton-filled child’s mind time was for ever, she wasn’t cognizant of the weight of his departure from their home, which would become a watershed moment she would look back on with regret as the lonely days without her only human running buddy stacked up.
“Bye, Rocks. Have fun.” He kissed her forehead. It was hot with that
