John CHAPTER 10

John

CHAPTER 10

The white Honda had the nurse bobblehead on the dash when I got to Frank’s two days after I met the woman with the jade bracelet in the courtyard. It was holding a little Thank You sign through the window. There was also a succulent on the back right tire with a card.

To the Worst Wingman Ever, Thank you for your kindness over these last few days. You will never know how much it was needed. I hope both sides of your pillow are always cold, and your cell phone is always charged, and your brother always delivers his own Valentine’s Day cards (and sex coupons).

I’d like to leave you with some parting words of wisdom that someone recently gifted me. I very much needed to hear this. Maybe you do too.

“Take responsibility for your own unhappiness. If you don’t love your life, change it.”

I hope you love your life. But if you don’t . . .

—H

I laughed a little to myself when I was done reading it. I did need to hear it.

And I never saw that car there again.