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very soon. Well…I do have to cash
the checks. That could take a few days.
And this, says Mom, is from Scott
and me. It would have been more, but
you never returned the hundred from
the other night. You know, the money
you didn’t spend on the hotel. I’m not
sure I want to know what you did spend
it on, but anyway, happy birthday….
What does that mean? Do they
suspect the real intent behind
my visit to Robyn? They haven’t
acted strangely at all, but maybe
I have. Have I? I don’t think so.
Either way, she gives me a card
with daisies and puppies on the front
and two hundred dollars inside.
I can’t look her in the eye—not
with pupils the size of dimes—and
I’m afraid if I hug her she’ll catch
a solid scent of ingested crystal.
So I stand at a distance and say,
“Thanks, Mom. I promise to spend
it wisely. Maybe I’ll even put it
in my savings account. Maybe it can
even stay there, now that I’ve got a job.”
So you got the job at 7-Eleven?
She waits for my affirmative nod,
then adds, I hope this doesn’t mean
you won’t finish up your GED. You
