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Now I’m completely lost “Say what?”

Vince gives , skeptical look “Youto me?”

“I have no idea what I’uy in Fairview Hell, I haven’t been out that way since the high school days e had a soccer match out there”

Vince chews on that for a second, then shrugs it off “Alright I’ll tell ot her head messed up, or you mixed up with some other Bobby Parker”

“Yeah Mixed up with soive it three dry chuckles, then turn away, baffled

Minutes later, we’re out of auditorius end in another couple of hours Vince and I (along with soe who the others call G- up stray kernels of popcorn It isn’t long before there’s nothing left to sweep, and eleven o’clock rolls around when the last tickets are sold and the box office is closed down G- duties

But the noise of solass doors of the lobby stopacross the lobby

My eyes flash when I see Ji red shirt, and that ratty-ass hat on top of his head—waving at lass

“Your not-boyfriend’s here,” teases Vince dryly

I shoot hiive me five?”

“Closing duties aren’t going anywhere, don’t worry We got all night to do the hiets weird about that, ever since that one security issue two years back when a dumb pair of teens—”

“Don’t worry, I’ across the narrow lobby to the doors

That’s when I notice the crutches

I pop the door open and stare at his crutches, confused “What the hell happened, Jimmy?”

“Told ya already,” he fires back “Destroyed my pretty ankle”

“I thought—” I thought he was kidding, considering the way he just dropped that bit of information on me “Jimmy, if I’d known you had really hurt your ankle …”

“Isn’t a big deal,” he says dis off “Went to the clinic and the doc gave me painkillers, crutches, and said to keep off of it for a week”