I really don’t think I’ve heard Charlie say more than 10 words on this trip, and we’ve been gone from home three days! You know what? I’m going to make her talk. I’m going to annoy her into telling me what she’s thinking.

I just need a way to break in. What would get under her skin the same way that her silence gets under mine? I could copy everything she does. Like sit how she does, pretend to be on my phone constantly, stare out the car window into nowhere lost in my thoughts about how I’m so great. Nah, she probably wouldn’t even notice.

What would get her attention?