Suddenly, people in the town noticed fewer stars in the sky. They grew concerned. One by one, stars were disappearing. How could this happen? The stars were needed.
The drug dealer is a boy, a child, someone who would be otherwise occupied with lacrosse and SAT-prep back in my safe suburban bubble. He brings me to a series of row houses, heartrendingly sparse trees lining a gravel alley; he leads me further into the darkness.
The 69 year old Supreme Court justice had an affair with his 24 year old law clerk. The same law clerk who a year earlier had seduced a 15 year old boy at a mock trial competition where she was a team leader.
“The old man winces in discomfort as the false narrative of economic growth washes over him,” she says. “But he shakes off the attack and summons the deeper beasts of his resolve.”
But why wait –let’s do it now –break something we can build on. Maybe we won’t have to break anything after all. Maybe if we leave it whole and our organs don’t fail and we love one another maybe we can fill up on junk and forget to feel alone.
Lewis could feel the heat from Brady’s body. “Listen, if you want, I can try to get you some, but this isn’t something that you fuck around with, right? This is something that you have to go into with your eyes open.”
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