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It’s still dark when I bolt upright in bed, drenched in sweat, struggling for air, shaking with disgust That’s the second tihtmare Memory Because it happened

Exactly Like That

Thank God it had ended without the door But, if Cain doesn’t hiresoon I need this job It has to be Penny’s

"You’re a skeevy bastard!"

At least I have soether the last five days at this place, it sounds like the guy has issues keeping his pants on with any and all willing fe to work theirobjects They usually et to listen to them have wild h, so I think she caught hiht

I o With its sunny-colored stucco walls and red tile roof, the building looked approachable Cozy, even It was the low rent that wonthousands per h to cover it, I decided that the whole I-need-enough-money-to-disappear-off-the-face-of-the-earth plan required extrees to my lifestyle So, I quietly moved here As far as Saht now, I really wish I were

Maybe I went a little too extre loud hits the wall next toit’s not a head I’d call the cops and report it, but I don’t need the ers that someone else makes the call

As I do, I check for any responses to my many chat-room inquiries I know that I need a new identity I just don’t know the first thing about getting one The internet seems like the best place to start otten absolutely nowhere Not even a little nudge in the right direction Aside froto send me pictures of his penis, I’ve had no response

And todaynothing

But I have tis out, I tell ht now, anyway

Dragging myself out of bed to the tune of "you and your filthy dick can go straight to hell!" I stagger to the fridge to pouran eye on the liquid as it pours I learned the hard way that roaches are coet into a poorly s versus cartons or youinside

The day I learned that hard lesson, I also had ato terms with my situation I’d rather deal with roaches here than roaches in a federal penitentiary for the next twenty-five to life

This is ain the sht after soainst my door It startles me and I freeze, my mouth full of juice

No one visits me No one knohere I live This must be a mistake

But what if it isn’t? What if Sam found out that Ihow iiven that we speak in code and never truly ad What will Sain racing On tiptoes, I scurry to the door and peer through the tiny peephole to find a dark-haired lasses on

Holy shit