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I opened my eyes to see the rat taking a…
I sat there for at least half an hour, just…
An hour later, I walked into some freak bar on…
By Sunday, I’d moved into the Z Hotel, where the…
Outside, I scrabbled for my cigarettes, still vaguely angry at…
I wish I still had that photo.
I spent Monday and Tuesday buying clothes and luggage and…
Through the airport without any further “magnetism.” I figured maybe…
The Columbus airport was one of those places you forget…
Come on over,” said the guy on the phone, sounding…
I parked outside the address, a well-kept place that’d had…
Eight very large and very gay men filled the living…
This is where we shoot salt water into your testicles,”…
Gary flicked on the showers, and I was doused in…
Gary gave me a big blue towel, wrapped it around…
I found that I had to kind of limbo into…
If you think I’m telling you about having sex with…
I think it’s finally going down,” Trix said.
Bob? It’s Mike McGill.”
At the departure gate, a drunken airport security woman was…
Bob Ajax was waiting for us in the arrivals lounge…
Bob refused to talk about it. Drove us to the…
And to make up for being an asshole, I had…
Bob picked us up outside our hotel, wearing his Same…
Bob ate the entire damn thing, but was paralyzed afterward.
We drove back to the hotel in silence. Bob said…
Trix came in. “I got the concierge to call the…
In the middle of the night, I said, “You said…
If they don’t give us the book they’re going to…
It was a long drive out under an unforgiving sun.
Down two flights of stairs, through some heavy doors, into…
True to her word, Trix was out in the car,…
We got a late flight out to Vegas. Trix watched…
From a distance, the Strip looked like it was covered…
I went back down to the front desk, bought a…
As the sun went down, we left the hotel and…
Trix and I gave the cops an edited version of…
There’s a fucked-up shitpipe in the men’s room,” said the…
Christ, I want a gun,” I heard myself say.
Back in the car, Trix couldn’t stop shaking. She tried…
And then, with the board in the bed ripped out…
We snuck out of the back of the hotel and…
Leaning over Trix, I looked out at Los Angeles. An…
Are edamame food?”
I walked for an hour before I realized I no…
The clock ticked around a couple of hours, and I…
I decided to stay outside for a little while, and…
I sat down in the guy’s football field of a…
I walked quickly through the living room into the kitchen.
I drew the living room curtains, put my foot through…
After some extended foraging through that stupidly huge house that…
The ride into Beverly Hills was dark and hot. The…
I moved around the carport, taking cover where I could,…
I invented five new swearwords in six seconds.
Mr. McGill,” came the voice. From the door.
What did you tell the cops to get them there…
Of course, the first apartment we took together turned out…