Nobody's Fool
“Rub caught the can at the same instant he caught the nickname he hated, and in that instant the unfairness and terrible disappointment of life was in his throat and making it so full that he couldn't imagine drinking the very beer he'd not wanted to be cheated out of just a few seconds before.Catching the can of beer cleanly with one hand, he turned and heaved it at Sully's house, where it found a second story window, which exploded upon impact. Inside, Rasputin barked, then was still."I quit,"... Rub said, and those two words were all that he could have gotten out. If of Toby Roebuck had been there and offered to sit on his face in return for a few words of elaboration, he'd have been unable to deliver. Not if she was naked and offering handfuls of hundred-dollar bills. The two words he'd gotten out"--I quit" --contained his soul, and having said them he turned his back on all that he'd quit and started for home, on foot."Hey," Sully called after him, half ashamed and half astonished that his customary ragging had produced these unexpected results."Don't be that way." Rub continued walking, a study in dejected defiance.MoreLess
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