"Make time with me?" Skylar repeated, her beautiful face darkening with displeasure. You fool, I told myself, wanting to slap myself in the mouth for what I had blurted out without thinking. Why did you say that you'd compromise on what you wanted if only she'd make some time with you? Does she even know what that old-timey expression means, you anachronistic i***t?
My childhood had been spent in a small village, and it had served me well thus far on the island. As a child, I had hunted with a bow, then a rifle when I had grown old enough, and I had helped my family slaughter the poultry and wild game we had shot. One of the drawbacks to living in a small village, though, was the fact that one lived in an area where infrastructure, facilities, and resources were rarely updated. Instead of
