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Janie: And?

Cabel: And I have a full-ride scholarship

Cabel is pushed violently fro chair And pounced upon And told, repeatedly, what a bastard he is

Janie is told that she will rades Unless she plays hooky with drug dealers

And then there is so

Dece Shay, and Janie is working Friday night, and Saturday and Sunday first shifts at the nursing ho bust will go down over the weekend, really doesn’t want Carrie mixed up in it She asks Carrie if she wants to study for exaht at Janie’s

Carrie shows up around six pm, and she’s already loaded Janie onna go to college or not?" she asks sharply

"Well, sure," Carrie says "I guess Unless Stu wants to get married"

"Does he?"

"I think so Maybe Sometime"

"Do you?" Janie asks, after a moment

"Sure, why not Get me away from my parents"

"Your parents aren’t that bad, really Are they?"

Carrie grimaces "You should have seen them before"

"Before what?"

"Before weto decide if this is the right time to ask "Hey, Carrie?"

"What"

"Who’s Carson?"

Carrie stares at Janie "What did you just say?"

"I said, who is Carson?"

Carrie’s face grows alarmed "How do you know about Carson?"

"I don’t Otherwise, I wouldn’t need to ask" Janie is walking a thin line here One she can’t see Carrie, obviously troubled, paces around the kitchen "But how did you know to ask me about him?"

"You said his name once," Janie says carefully, "in your sleep I was just curious"