Ok, if that was how he felt. I slept poorly and sadly, hearing the murmur and whistle of his breath. Our last night in texas was steamy hot, and had one unpleasant incident. Brordie tried to steal a pack of american cheese and three pepperoni sausages from a gas station grocery, and the guy followed us to the door and said, people get shot for less. I was terrified. Bodie said nothing and kept his head down as he gave up. The goods arizona was thrilling to see outside the windows there really were acti but it was midnight on a dark desert night by the time we got close to tusson, where his friend lived, you won't mind our showing up so late. We'd been let out at a bare strip of clothes snack joints along the highway. There were two pay phones, and one of them worked. Brodi fed, it all has changed and dialled the number that rang and rang. After what seemed like hours, i heard him say, russell, ye, it's me really. I told you. He wanted russell to come pick us up wherever we were. But russell apparently wanted us to hitch to his house. So we stood with our thumbs out, but no vehicle of any kind. Was stopping at this hour. Brerdy got more change from me and went back to the payphone to call again. And in the wee hours of the morning, an old dodge dart came out of the black highway and stopped for us. What an assel you are, the driver said, he looked ok, skinning his tea shirt, wearing a straw cowboy hat to keep out the sun. To come rustle, my man. So good to see you. Brerdie said, who's the girl? Cara. Isn't she cute? Not really, he said. I was in the back seat. They were in the front. And brodie looked back at me scowling. I don't even know you, russell said, and you've got me driving all over the state for you. They had met, by brodi's account, at a retreat in nebraska that his high school saint, somebody's, had had with other catholic schools. He and russell had sneaked away from the sylvan premises together and had been sent home in disgrace, thereby forming a lifelong bond, or so brodi had decided. I'm so happy to be in arizona.