Chapter Nineteen
Should have, could have, and would have may describe a life incomplete. I should have visited Penny, disregarding Gabe’s advice to stay away, or I could have slept at Penny’s house alone in our bed overnight. I would have too, except the Turtle refused to start; so instead of leaving, I waited and worried at Jessica’s townhome for her return. Un-starting Turtles require unscheduled maintenance and a boy not nineteen and still shaking from discourse with an ogre requires what; a hug, shoulder support, or a tender indulgence?
With my legs across the rock wall by the driveway, I wondered if Penny, in fact, ever intended to change or if Carlton Young had accepted our offer? With Penny free to teach again, will she still be my love or will she dump me? How will my mother resp
