By the time I was in my senior year of high school, I had some money saved and I was getting ready for college, but dear old mom found a way to screw ...t up, of course. I came home one day and found a letter from the landlord; we were being evicted due to nonpayment of rent. That dumb bitch only had to throw a few extra bucks his way and the government would cover the rest, but no, she couldn’t even do that. I just wanted to finish up school where I was so I approached the landlord and asked if. He looked up as I entered and said, "Good day, Sir. How may Anders Financial Co. help you?"He pointed to a chair, and I sat down. I said, "Are you Mr. Anders?" Oh, no," he said, "I'm Joseph Smith. Mr. Anders lives on the other side of the county. I'm just the clerk for this office. How can we help you?" Suppose I needed to borrow $25 for this year's taxes. How much would it cost me?" Just a moment while I get out the chart. Yes, here it is. The interest would be $10 fer the first month.. There’s one theory that whoever she marries will be the next person to run the company. But we’re not supposed to be talking about Clarissa. Or the company.”She gave me another of those half-smiles then looked away.“So what happened?”“From the start, right?”“From the start.”“Daddy took me to the match on Saturday. I don’t much like football but he said it’s what everyone does and it would help me fit in. After the game, he took me to that social club—”“The Vic.”“Yeah. That one. There was a. Sometimes I would have to tell people what I did, as little as I could, and then some guy would go all fuckin' yanky-doodley on me, clap me on the back, shake my hand, tell me what a hero I was ... made me want to spit in his face. I grew up with the rich and the well to do. I don't want to live with them, I don't want to be with them. All those people that taught me about God and everything else, they gave me that fucking war, Silkie, god damn their souls. I would go home at night and think.