onct in a while i look over at him at first , real quick like , so as to catch him unawares like , but he was driving so intent , squinting into the dark winding mountain road like he could hurry us on our way if only he looked hard enough , that i took to staring at him , and examining him real close , this guy that was going to love me , or rape me , or kill me , or buy me an ice cream cone -- one or tother , or maybe all three .