id.

    hem?

    Yeas  th.

    t in a Rode of to do a paper and climbed laboriously back to  buy a gun from a dealer because ification but  of tec-9 ra magazines and a box and a o urned t omatic.   time you fired it? he said.

    I aint never fired it.

    Are you sure it fires?

    not?

    I dont know.

    ell I dont either.

    After  Moss  onto tel el  pilloood t c  across t   and o come.

    turned and o tel leaving t pillohe  ground.

    ed in to tub and  looked at t  looked pretty ugly.

    t ed to pull out but . er on  t  taped t some more of to t of ted tol and to t  and called a cab and picked up t case and  out and doairs.

    a 1978 Ford pickup  on  Nort title notarized in t title in to tel and c and left, tec-9 under t and t case and ting in truck.

    At t Boerne tccruck and looked at een, sixteen. Red  hair. how far are you goin? she said.

    Can you drive?

    Yea aint no stick s is it?

    No. Get out and come around.

    S  and got out of truck and crossed in front of it.

    Moss puso t in and put  truck in drive and t onto terstate.

    how old are you?

    Eighteen.

    Bulls.  are you doin out  you knos dangerous to chhike?

    Yea.

    ook off  and put it on t beside him and leaned back and closed his eyes.

    Dont go over t,  us stopped by tpot full of trouble.

    All right.

    Im serious. You go over t and Ill set your ass out by the road.

    All right.

    rie