inside my head. I had lived in the South for more than three quarters of my life, and the heat of the summer still kicked my ass. It wasn't like I was out of shape, either. I wasn't buff, but I was only ten pounds overweight, if that. My cardio and stamina were good, too. It was the fucking ninety-nine degree heat and hundred percent humidity that did it. I was just in front of my door, about to step into the blessed relief when it all went wrong. There was a girl about