‘My father died, Jon. He died. And you never saw me pick up a single bottle or walk into any club. I didn’t try to throw myself into anyone’s ar...s but yours. And what did you do?’ ‘Ca—’ ‘Oh yeah, that’s right. You kicked me to the curb, Jon. Not even the curb. You kicked me to the goddamn street. And it took me moving to across the country for you to figure out how you felt? You’re pathetic. You really are, and everyday when I wake up in the morning I wonder what I was thinking, if I was. Their action barely subsided when Toni moved a microphone from its stand to Jasmine’s lips and held up the cue card. Jasmine was not faking when, she breathlessly read, “You!" breathing heavily, "Should have called me!” *** Thursday evening, Will did not need to retire early or late because Friday was open for the first time in weeks. He could work on his ride and install new the parts that arrived weeks ago. The flashing light on the phone recorder made his heart sink. “Dang I'll bet someone’s. In the far corner of the room was a poker table, and sitting at that table were 3 of the poker cheats that I had encountered in Jimsen a few months ago. All 4 men at the table had jumped up in order to facilitate drawing their weapons, but I had the advantage of the shoulder holster, so I drew and fired a shot into the ceiling where no one would get hurt.The sound of the shot coming from a unexpected direction was enough to stop the action at the poker table, and they all turned to look at me.. " Wieso?"Meine Vorstellung war den Job zu k?ndigen und mich konzentriert meinerAufgabe zu widmen."Wir brauchen Geld."Jetzt, da sie es sagt, merke ich, dass sie Recht hat. Ich habe meineReserven, aber sie w?rden kaum drei Monate halten, h?chstens. Christinebekam ein Taschengeld von ihren Eltern, aber das reichte kaum um dieMiete und die monatliche Rechnungen zu bezahlen. Selbst vor meinerVerwandlung hatte ich ihr geholfen, und jetzt da wir zusammen wohnen,musste ich unbedingt etwas.