when he wanted to leave the party at eleven. It hurt and angered him, but what angered him most was that he hadn’t left right then. He stayed on as though that was going to change her feelings toward him. She’d turned her attention to guys he didn’t even know and didn’t think she did. She said she’d hitch a ride in one of the other cars. Now he was really late. He drove up the ravine trail furiously, scattering stones and gravel, ripping through the bramble. Midnight wasn’t late for that gang, even on a school night, even though they’d lost the beer to the cops who had intercepted them on the way down. He had an old-fashioned mother who pretended she wasn’t a single parent. Sometimes she told people her husband was away on business. But sometimes, when she and David were alone, she would call him the man of the house and say how much she depended on him. As soon as he cleared the park drive he opened up the Chevy. He’d got in the habit of worrying about his mother when he didn’t get home on time.
What do You think about In The Still Of The Night?
