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I got a rooo, and I'd rather chew broken glass than stay at Bea's place Frankly, I just didn't trust her not to rob ly, the motel I chose was the sao Bea and her fellow grifters had an arrangeencies The ht in thedistance froeles, that was significant Every one of us carried keys to the motel safe room back then So it seemed like the perfect place for me to stay

I woke up late and decided to visit another of ht back o The library was o home or couldn't I had my own little corner, way in the back, where I liked to read The great thing about my corner was that it had a loose panel near the floor, which opened up to a s stack The space was dusty and dark, but safe And when I brought in an inflatable ht, and some blankets, I had a secret houards So secure, in fact, that all ofthe library, I played tourist and did soeles Museu down streets-I found it all nicely relaxing Not pressed for tiain

She was in a ht takeout Thai food, and we ate at the dining room table like some sort of normal family But it wasn't until ere done with dinner and she unwrapped a Nuts to You bar that we really started to talk

She exhaled slowly after the first bite Chocolate truly was her drug of choice Then she looked up at me and shook her head "I was pretty pissed off when you ran away"

Good, ere talking This hat I'd hoped to accomplish yesterday "I'et away I was scared, and I couldn't do cons anyet I saw Jay get killed That changed everything"