“The rest area is the next exit.” I gave her a quick glance. I’d long since tossed my Ray-Bans onto the dashboard. “Are you hungry?” I was. Being in the water always left me starved, and I hadn’t finished my hamburger. “There’s a restaurant there, too. We can have dinner, if you’d like?”
“I would like. Thank you.”
Mina sat up on her lap and woofed.
“Are you hungry, too, pup? Okay, it’s unanimous.” I flipped up the blinker and followed the service road under the Thruway to the parking lot. There were all manner of vehicles there: eighteen-wheelers, some RVs, a few motorcycles, and of course cars.
I pulled into a parking spot and turned off the engine, and we got out of the car.
“Just give me a minute.” I couldn’t go into the restaurant in my square cuts. “I have to get dressed.” I need
