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They all looked at him.
Tucker’s eyes were wide. “Maybe you’re the one who needs the oxygen, man.”
“Who, me?” Wynona pointed at her chest.
“No ...” Gunner tripped over his words. “All of you. I have some jerky in my pack.”
“Is it goat jerky?” Martin asked.
Now everyone stared at Martin.
“What?” Tucker said.
Martin shrugged. “I heard you ran a goat rescue.”
“I run a goatrescue!” Gunner cried. “I don’teatgoats!”
“Oh.” Martin laughed. “Yeah, I guess that wouldn’t make much sense, would it, to rescue something just to eat it.”
“Seriously,” Gunner said, “stop talking about eating goats.”
“Anyway,” Tucker said loudly, “thanks for the offer, but I don’t need any jerky.”
Good thing. Gunner wasn’t sure he had any.
“What about you Wynona?”
She smiled. “No, thank you.”
“Okay, but is it because you’re a vegetarian?”
Tucker stared at him wide-eyed, like he was horrified that they were related.
“No,” Wynona said slowly, “I’m not a vegetarian.”
“Oh,” Gunner said. So there was hope. He’d made a fool out of himself, but now he knew that there was hope.
