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Jesus I handed over a five-dollar bill I gave a noncommittal nod that she could take whatever way she wanted Was she ever going to shut up?

“That’s gotta suck,” she said

My head shot up, not really understanding her angle or her need to talk about my social life “Why the hell do you care?” I said sharply

Surprise widened her eyes and she stammered like an idiot “You know, uh, because she doesn’t live around here Iback to wherever it is she’s from, isn’t she? New York, I think soether, then you won’t really be together anymore and…”

Right

“Thanks for pointing that out”

It’s not like I hadn’t thought about it every daht for at

least a week Monroe’s parents were co ho to survive without her

Pissed off, I grabbed

I turned around and nearly ran over Trevor’s mom

Holy Shit I wasn’t ready for this

She was even thinner than when I’d seen her at the hospital, and trust me, Trevor’s ht The purple dress she wore looked like it o sizes too big

Her eyes were sunken, kind of like the skin around thelanced away because there’s no way I could look into theut

I couldn’t see her pain Not now

My chestsound, like air had just been let out of a tire