Page 117 of Crank (Crank 1)

never betray

mine.

Still, just in

case, I

never dared

mention

sex,

interrupted

by periods;

Lince;

interrupted by

drugs;

or my own

infatuation with

the monster’s

spectacular

roc

k and roll.

No, these

secrets

belonged strictly

in my own

private closet.

Later

Leigh climbed into my bed,

moved very close to me,

her proximity strangely

unsettling.

Want to talk? I do.

I miss how we used to talk.

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