Page 349 of Glass (Crank 2)

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He talks all the way back

to the motel about how we

can make it all work out.

By the time we park the

car and go upstairs, my life

has shifted gears, again.

It All Sounded So Easy

But a number of obstacles

popped up right away.

Getting an apartment

when you don’t have a job

is tough. I guess they want

to know the rent will happen.

Getting a job

when all you want to do

is get high isn’t exactly

a priority. Anyway, dealing

is much easier than

working for a living.

But you can’t really put

“dealer” under “occupation”

on the rental application.

Convincing a manager

took a fair amount of lying,

and Brad’s cooperation.

And, with Angela squarely

in the way, that

wasn’t easy either.

But blood is thicker than

marriage. Brad didn’t

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