Chapter 322

• The man reappears from the back curtain with an old black guitar case and starts pushing some buttons on the cash register, the kind that makes a clicking rattling sound every time it's touched. I swipe my card and take the case from him, walking out hand in hand with my girl and my new Fender.
• "Where to next?" I ask Amelia as she directs me back in the direction of the car.
• "Well school is in session so I can't show you around there like you did for me in Manchester, but I can take you to the hill beside it where I would hang out with my friends sometimes" She smiles up at me as we climb into our respective sides of the car.