Page 42 of Glass (Crank 2)

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of Kristina will have to

battle the reemergent Bree,

that despite my plan to come

back

and pick up where I left

off, only more positive

and energized to go

forth,

get my GED and a great

job, find a nice little

place, make my own way,

the odds

of things ever being

quite right again are

clearly, completely,

not in my favor.

But Playing the Odds

Is not my best thing, so

I stow every single nagging

doubt and head off to Stockton.

It’s a gorgeous blue September

day, and I take my time.

South on a straight stretch

of Highway 395, turn west

on Highway 88, leaving Nevada

behind, just out of Minden.

The winding highway

carries me past Kirkwood,

my family’s favorite ski resort.

Even without snow, the steep

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