I am pretty good at analyzing. I can comb information, piece a story together, and come up with insight the average blue collar wouldn’t. It’s a gift, sort of, I grew up poor and there was nothing to do but read old books lying around. I would read mechanic books about ford trucks from the 50’s, I’d read instruction pamphlets, I would challenge myself to read instruction pamphlets faster then the ...

A synthetic voice announced “distance 6 kilometres, pace 5minutes and 46 seconds, time 36 minutes and 32 seconds”. He craned his upper body over his knees, catching his breath. The moment of exhausting relief halted when he remembered her soccer practice was tonight.

His heart dropped into his stomach and he considered releasing a terrifying cry, or throwing his iPhone down the middle of the cem...