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Is your life so god-awful now?
How to answer? Not bad. Not
great. But headed steadily toward
god-awful, mostly because of
the sudden appearance of the very
people in this room? TMI. “It’s okay,
I guess. No real complaints. But I have
a right to know who my parents are.
Even if I end up disappointed.”
We both look at Trey, who throws
his hands in the air. This is your idea.
Maureen shrugs. I guess you do.
And you very well may end up
disappointed. It’s against my better
judgment, but I’ll loan Trey my car.
On one condition. When you come
back through California, you stop
in Sacramento and visit me for a few
days. Don’t forget, I’m your family too.
And so it’s decided. Maureen will
fly home. We’ll take the Cadillac
on a long, boring drive to northern
Nevada. Reno. Where I was born.
Will it feel like home? Does the city
or town where you’re born imbed
itself in your psyche? I only lived
there three years. Will the altitude-
influenced temperature better suit
me? Will I breathe the air easier?
Will the scent of high desert
