Ruby Gregory didn't speak, but she couldn't help thinking about that summer break during the year she turned eighteen when Steve Burton spent two months teaching her how to start a car, how to brake, and how to hit the road...
Girls don't have the same innate sensitivity toward cars as boys do, so it took her a while to learn. Every time, Steve would impatiently scold her for her clumsiness but would still demonstrate the essentials to her again and again. Even during the first three months after she got her driver's license, he would always sit in the passenger seat and accompany her.
Ruby became silent for a while, then turned her head and looked at Madeleine, who was driving. She asked, "How have you been with Howard lately?"
Not much changed in Madeleine's expression, but she didn't answer Ruby's question either.
