The Driver
My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World
Chapter One
The Divinity of Purpose
December 1999
It was a gorgeous morning, heaps of snow having escaped the streets' salting in the wake of the previous night's storm, their knee-high peaks not yet capped with soot from passing cars and trucks.
My cell phone rang as I descended the subway station steps at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Bleecker Street, mere seconds before I would have disappeared into the station and out of range for the next half hour.
"Is this Alexander Roy?"
There was only one reason for such a call.
"This is Dr. Johnson at Beth Israel Hospital."
The world slowed.
"As your father's medical-care proxy, you must give permission for any time-critical procedure during a life-threatening or . . . Mr. Roy? Mr. Roy, can you hear me?"
The bus rumbling mere feet away, the cacophony of voices echoing off the subway station's tiled walls just ahead, the deep hot rushing roar ... read full excerpt from Driver, The ebook
