ber 15th?  That was two weeks ago. Why 
don’t you just start today? Oh Christ! 
That’s when you tried to save those...”
     “Beth, Beth, Beth!” I literally   
screamed. “Don’t give it away! Please!”
     “Ok, ok, ok!” she literally       
screamed back at me.                   
     “Don’t go all crazy on me, buddy. 
Save that shit  for your shrink,” she  
said a little quieter.                 
     She pulled out her gun, and it    
looks like she’s checking to see if    
it’s loaded, but I’m not really sure.  
I’m not a big fan, but she definitely  
is. She carries that thing everywhere, 
even to bed.                           
     “She can cure you, but I’m the    
only one who gets to shoot you. That’s 
my job, and you know what my motto is, 
right?” she asked, ignoring my comment 
* and aimed at the ceiling.                
     “BANG!” she yelled.               
     “Shoot first, ask questions later?
Make the first shot count? What?”      
     “Nope. Kill-shot, well, your sec- 
ond one is half right,” she said, and  
then put her gun back.                 
     “In your case, though, I’ll proba-
bly just shoot you in the leg.”        
     “How comforting.”                 
     “I’m just bustin’ your bucket of  
beans, boyfriend,” she said and kissed 
me.                                    
     “And, if you can get that brutal  
honesty jazz right, I might not have to
shoot you at all. Now come on, get     
those lies down, and then get your ass 
downstairs, before Darryl throws your  
stuff out.”                            
     “Throws my stuff out? What do you 
mean?”                                 
     “I think he’s gettin’ just a      



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