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John woke twisted in his bed sheets and listened to the two crazy h their usual spiel of "stupid news" stories and hanging up on callers John hated to ad

His band had been working on newacross his bed at after two in the , it slipped his mind to turn off the radio alarm Now on the day he decided to take off he ide-awake

The Ta to be uessed, was a good thing It proved that he still loved what he was doing despite the setbacks The thrill was soray button on top of the radio to shut off the loud-mouthed racket His apartulfed in only seconds ago

Noide-awake, he dropped his legs over the side of the bed and sat there His eyes felt like dried clay as he struggled to open them He had never been one to sleep in, so what the hell, looks like he was going to work after all

The apartment was hot, but it didn't bother him to wake up sweaty the way it had bothered Joyce He could reh the day when she woke up hot She certainly did have her ways After cutting back a little on things such as air conditioning since his financial situation had taken a nose-dive, he had become used to the heat

He ambled to the bathroom and splashed cold water on his face with both hands

The two-bedroom apartment he occupied was only two blocks back from the ocean in a stucco horseshoe shaped complex His balcony overlooked Nick's Seafood Restaurant and Raw Bar The rent was damn steep but for an apartment it was par for the area He had a sofa, love seat, and a TV that his o He won his for at Cal's Pizza only a year ago He had planned to sell it on Ebay, but there it sat It was the only new piece of furniture he owned

His first call of the day would have to be to Brad He wanted to set up so and pick his friend's brain If people really did talk toothat, he snatched up the newspaper froh the headlines as he waited for his black coffee to cool off