Then he gave me a peculiar look, “Are you wearing a new perfume or something?”

  (‘Scent’ Excerpt Chapter 1)



I arrived at the bonfire in
Ben’s back yard just before seven o’clock and found a large crowd of young
people, between the ages of 12 to 22 already here.



Ben was two years older than
me and was a mechanic along with Declan and Uncle Finn.  The garage they worked at was beside the
general store/gas station. The boys called themselves ‘grease monkeys’ and