Fallout (Crank 3)

selections. But he only shrugs,

puts a box of condoms into the cart.

KYLE’S EXCITEMENT

Is palpable, obvious

in the way he moves.

Every security camera

here is probably focused

on him right now. He might

be buying Christmas presents.

Except who wants trail mix for

Christmas? Or, uh, condoms?

Oh, well. We’re not doing

anything wrong. Wait.

Inaccurate. Okay, I

don’t feel like

we’re doing

anything wrong.

Even if we happen

to be paying for all this

stuff with “borrowed” money.

Could someone define “wrong”?

Is it wrong to take someone else’s

money so you can eat? Wrong

to leave relative security in

favor of unknown risk

at the side of some-

one you love?

SUPPLIES STOWED

Kyle checks out the map, decides

we should go by way of Lake Isabella.