Chapter 20Evelyn
“Would you mind terribly if we took a different route home? I never see anything I recognize on that highway you seem to like. Maybe there’s a different way, something smaller?”
Cory pulled out the little radio she always carried in her back pocket and tapped on it.
“Sure. It’s easy enough to get to San Pedro from here.”
“Yes! Could we take that? Something about it sounds familiar.” Evelyn remembered to fasten her seatbelt after she climbed into the truck this time, though to be honest, she kind of liked Cory reaching across her and doing it for her. It was comforting, like a mother tucking in a child. But Cory was busy looking at her radio when she climbed into the driver’s seat.
“Can I ask you a question?”
“Sure.”
“Why don’t you ever play any music since you’re al
