John's POV

Her car was parked in the alley behind the bar. He had seen it the other night when he came to pick her up, but he hadn't looked closely. It was an older Honda Civic, covered in stickers. The closer he looked, the more absurd they got. There was a big foot, a moth man, a jackalope, a few real animals, and one that just said, "Use your blinker, buddy."

When he opened the passenger seat to climb in, he saw she had an American flag pinned on the ceiling of the car. Her ...