Mick
“TERRY said, shaking me awake.
“So, you heard something,” I said, slapping his hand away.
He stood there over my bed, shaven, smelling of sweat and of everything he’d eaten and drunk the day before—knockwurst, onion rings, eggs, twelve different kinds of cheese, and, surprise, beer—ready for work in his baggy overalls and dark blue T-shirt with the pocket. Like a lot of other animals, Terry’s a creature of habit. Shaving every single morning, but not showering until nighttime, sometimes not till... three A.M., even if he smelled like goats. And he never left the house without a pocket T-shirt. He has ten of them, different colors.
“Augie tells me he seen you wit a undesirable,” he said.
I tried to roll back over. “Go to work, will ya, Terry.”
He grabbed my shoulder and ripped me back. “Name of Toy. You know who I’m talkin’ about?”
“What do you care who I hang out with? Get yourself a life, for chrissake.”
He paused, the pause that’s supposed to mean he’s being patient with me, letting me get away with something wise but that I better not do it again.MoreLess
“So, you heard something,” I said, slapping his hand away.
He stood there over my bed, shaven, smelling of sweat and of everything he’d eaten and drunk the day before—knockwurst, onion rings, eggs, twelve different kinds of cheese, and, surprise, beer—ready for work in his baggy overalls and dark blue T-shirt with the pocket. Like a lot of other animals, Terry’s a creature of habit. Shaving every single morning, but not showering until nighttime, sometimes not till... three A.M., even if he smelled like goats. And he never left the house without a pocket T-shirt. He has ten of them, different colors.
“Augie tells me he seen you wit a undesirable,” he said.
I tried to roll back over. “Go to work, will ya, Terry.”
He grabbed my shoulder and ripped me back. “Name of Toy. You know who I’m talkin’ about?”
“What do you care who I hang out with? Get yourself a life, for chrissake.”
He paused, the pause that’s supposed to mean he’s being patient with me, letting me get away with something wise but that I better not do it again.MoreLess
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