Night Trips - 1989

“Then let’s fix that,” she said, and she ejected Disintegration from the tape deck. She dug into her duffel bag and pulled out a bootleg cassette with a handwritten label: “The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs (Side A only).”

Leo watched her walk across the parking lot until the gray light swallowed her. Then he got back in the Buick. He rewound the Smiths tape to the beginning. He didn’t go home. Not yet. night trips 1989

Then he saw her.

“As far as the gas lasts,” Leo said. “Then let’s fix that,” she said, and she