With a bit of aggravation at having never had this bit of information shared with me prior to this moment, nor having been invited over to go riding, I asked loudly, “You have a dirt bike?”

Meek then replied with, “Alvin! That was my ear! Yeah, it isn’t supposed to be taken on the roads because it doesn’t have lights, but I think if we avoid the main roads we could do it.”

“What about gas and food money?” I asked.

We talked about money, how much we both had and calculated what we would need. Surprisingly, we had enough between us; of course, that was before Grandfather dumped all that cash into my hand. Money wasn’t going to be a problem for either of us.