Matt
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When I got out of the truck, my legs stiff, he looked me up and down.
I told you to stay on the highway side of the line, he said.
We tried, I said.
My voice sounded hoarse.
We really did.
He shook his head slowly.
Thing about that line, he said, is it ain't always where you think it is.
Ryan went inside to pay and to use the restroom.
Miguel leaned against the truck, staring at nothing.
I hesitated then sat down on the bench next to the old man.
"'Can I ask you something?'
I said.
"'You can,' he replied.
"'Doesn't mean I'll answer.'
"'Fair,' I said.
"'What do you know about—' I trailed off.
I didn't want to say the word out loud, half out of respect, half out of fear that it would hear.
About what's out there, I finished instead.
He watched a pickup roll by on the highway."
I know there's places you don't go unless you have to, he said, and if you do have to, you go with people who know the rules, not weekend cowboys with rooftop tents and fancy cameras.