Maybe because I was sitting alone beside a highway in the dark.
Maybe because he knew exactly where I was.
Or maybe because, for once, I didn’t immediately start inventing excuses for him.
So I made another call.
Not to a friend.
To Mark’s father, Richard.
He answered immediately.
Twenty-five minutes later, his truck pulled up behind me.
Richard didn’t lecture me about the car.
He didn’t complain about the drive.