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“That’s enough,the picture of Mo at the corner
I reach over to right it and he’s dru heat start to rise from my core God, I miss my parents
He should know he’s pushing for a brotherly beatdown, but he keeps going anyway “So wrong here Fucking tweakers looking for a place to squat for the night One dies and it’s her own fault and now it’s your responsibility to save theh note
“Do you fucking think people want to be addicts? You think they enjoy that fucking life? ‘There but by the grace of God go I’ That’s what Mom used to say You should think about it” I point at the photo, then raise my hand up to cover my eyes and pinch at the corners of ers somehow relieves the pressure inside my head
Erik huffs a dra about her, the woiven her a chance, showed her they cared, maybe she’d be alive today
I know Erik doesn’t want to hear what I say next but I don’t care “Do you know Sarah Templeton had been on her own since she was fiftee
n? Ran away froht she was his personal sex toy? Then she found a new ‘boyfriend’ who promptly beat her ass until she went to work for hiot a needle in her arm, so by the tiht times for prostitution and four tiuess she just needed to pull herself up by her bootstraps, right?” My nostrils flare as I stare him down
He’s the baby, and sometimes he needs the has from any perspective but his own “Not everyone has the same foundation as we had, Erik Keep that inI could about the woman that died Sarah Templeton Even then I hated how the company lawyers tried to paint her as a low life They wouldn’t even use her name
Like soround I didn’t notice it before this all happened, but people assign a different value to women when they sell their body When they have an addiction It was so clear to ation and the case that somehow to most people, the human that was Sarah Templeton didn’t matter all that much and it infuriated me
My brother stares right back atwhether it’s in his own interests to keep poking the bear
Erik,childhood Even ere dirt poor and supper was the one rasp the trauh in their lives Most of the addicts I’ve gotten to know since the accident have so that finds their weakness and turns the idea how lucky he is
From the way he settles back in his chair and his shoulders fall a few inches I think he’s decided to keep his mouth shut for the moment Smart choice
“Now Are we done?” My voice thickens as I stuff my hands down in my pockets The muscles in my shoulders ache and twitch My mouth is dry and I just need to be out of here I can’t stop thinking of where I want to be Even if it’s just looking at her I can some IRS shit for hione
“Yep I guess we are Thanks for co” Erik leans back in the chair He’s got Moht hair and lean build, while I, on the other hand, take after our father Morizzly hybrid and fro she’s not far off Even rowlyour direct deposit like you asked Once a month still fine?”
“I don’t care Whatever I don’t need the e of the desk, looking at how they still se It makes me happy and sad at the saer before setting it back in place, turning it to face him