He had me at “I want to drive your car”

I finished GBU last night, racing through Rachel’s confrontation with Piscary and the ultimate satisfaction of her beaning him over the head with a chair leg three times. Once for her, once for Ivy, and once for him killing her dad. I’d forgotten how nasty he was until he had her on the floor and was going to kill her. It was a scintillating moment of truth that she was going to die.

But there was good stuff, too, and seeing Trent in Edden park in the sun with his bowl of strawberries was kinda nice. That envelope with the two thousand dollar down payment to find the person responsible for killing his new employees wasn’t, even if it was only a downpayment to the irresistible 20,000 he was actually dangling before her.

You have to admire his persistence, but I think it was when Trent wanted to drive her car, that I, as the author, decided to give Trent a chance to redeem himself. And then losing Jonathan at a red light so he could have a little freedom? He didn’t do it to be alone with Rachel–which I think is telling. He did it to get away from who he was and closer to who he wanted to be.

And in hindsight, this might be when Trent starts to see Rachel as a way for him to get what he wants, the same thing he’s dangling in front of her. His own freedom.

I’ll be taking a little break before we start Every Which Way but Dead on Tuesday. It goes on sale in US markets on Monday, but until then, GBU will be in the sale slot with that tantalizing chapter two of THE UNDEAD POOL slipped into the back. [GBU markets]

Also, early heads up on the prize packs I’ll be giving away on Monday! More on that Friday, but it will be very much a wash-rinse-repete of what we did last time. [DWW give away]

PS. I’l have info on tour T’s tomorrow. Dude, Guy really out did himself this year.