Page 90 of Glass (Crank 2)

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Like who’s got fifteen

hundred in cash lying

around? “Um, check I guess.”

Mom will not be pleased,

even though she promised

she’d take care of it for me.

She’s not. That’s a lot

of money, Kristina. How

are you going to repay us?

She won’t be pleased

about my answer, either.

God, just please, no

lectures! “I put in an

application at the Sev.

I should hear soon.”

She shakes her head

and I know that means:

What will people think?

“It’s not the worst thing,

Mom. At least it’s close.

I asked for swing shift,

but sometimes they start

you on graveyard.”

Grade E’s loser shift.

She tsks her tongue. Who’d

have thought you’d end

up working there?

My First Inclination

With the monster

whispering in one ear, is to snap

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