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"Ha-ha You’re hilarious And twenty years? You’ll be lucky to see another ten if you keep s your nicotine sticks at the rate you do"

"I’ll outlive you, Speedy The way you drive, especially in that golf-cart car of yours"--he rubs his chin in thought--"I give you two years Three, tops"

Eyes narrowed, I tip rin spreads across his face "Oh, I’, Speedy But you wouldn’t like the stakes And, also, there’ll be no satisfaction inbecause you’ll be dead, and I won’t be able to claiive hi yourself that, Hoppy And, as nice as this conversation is, we can’t sit--sorry, I et you inside and to your brother"

"I told you, I don’t need your help"

"And I told you, I’ So, unless you wantwith runts "Just let o in"

"Aw, do you need to do your hair and h at my own joke

"Ha You’re a comedian," he says in a droll voice "No, I need to put on nized"

I watch as he opens the glove box He pulls out a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses and slips them on, followed by a Lakers ball cap, which he fits on over his hair

"Ready?" I ask

He nods

I climb out of the car When I ood foot, holding on to the car with his hand

"How are we going to do this?" I ask him

"If you don’t know the answer to that, then I can’t do this with you"

I look up into his face and see the s back

"I iant, and I’; that’s true But you’re not normal or normal-sized You’re under-sized"

"I am not I’m a normal size for a woman And, anyway, didn’t anyone ever tell you that the best things co is better Just ask all the women I’ve fucked"

"Jesus Christ!" I scowl "Do you have to be so crude?"

"It’s not crude It’s called being honest You’re just a prude, Speedy"

"I am not a prude" My hands find my hips "And sorry to burst your bubble, but not all woh "Yes, they do They just say they don’t to make their small-cocked boyfriends feel better about themselves"

"Well,only did so totiny"

"You’re hilarious And they definitely didn’t I’oes to his zipper, and I sla!"

"Cock And you can uncover your eyes I wasn’t actually going to getcock out in front of the hospital"

I slide ive hiet ony here"

I see the pinch of pain around his uilt

"Shit, of course"

I move beside him and slide my arm around his back Even with my heels on, he’s still ridiculously taller thandress-up

"Okay, put your arht on o down like doh, what? One twenty?"

"One thirty, and I’er than I look"

"Yeah, well, I’ withwith you It’s al this tih me

"You’re hilarious Now, put your ar"