Run on Red

by Noelle W. Ihli

“That’s a no. It might be time to take the Volvo to a farm.” I patted the window frame. “We love you, but you’re falling apart.”

Narcissists think they’re smarter than everyone else. But that doesn’t mean they are. That’s how they get caught. They make mistakes. They underestimate the intelligence of police. And they underestimate the intelligence of their victims.

I’d always thought I could skip the bad parts of life if I tried hard enough. If I was smart enough. But sometimes the trouble came to you—for the simple fact that it could and it wanted to.