“Uh-huh,” Elizabeth said.
We picked up paychecks from Delores and got the hell out of there. Peeling away toward the 805 in Elizabeth’s car, drug dealers leered at us from their corners as we sped by.
“What was that all about?” I asked. “UFO’s?”
“I don’t know. The guy’s a weirdo!” Elizabeth said.
We looked at each other and both started laughing hysterically until tears literally dripped down our cheeks. I doubled over in the front seat laughing harder than I’d ever laughed in my life at the absurdity of the whole situation. I was glad Elizabeth was driving or I would have crashed the car for sure. Now that I think of it, it was the last time in my life I had a good belly laugh. I suppose I can say at least once in my life I laughed until my sides hurt. It was one of the most memorab
