Jack waited for Erin to come out. His truck idled with a loud gurgle as he looked out the windshield towards the mountains beyond. He tapped a finger to his steering wheel. What kind of brother would steal his own sister’s entire belongings? Or leave her stranded without even a dollar? Or a b*a? Jack couldn’t comprehend what kind of lowlife did that. Or that she was now completely stranded there. And suddenly his responsibility. He felt the tightening in his neck. Another damn complication to his already complicated life. Didn’t he know she’d turn out to be just that from the moment he laid eyes on her?
She closed the trailer and came towards him. Still wearing Joey’s coat over her small, light pink tank top, and pink little shorts, she looked miserable, right down to the tennis shoes on
