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Chapters (95)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. One
  6. Two
  7. Three
  8. Four
  9. Five
  10. Six
  11. Seven
  12. Eight
  13. Nine
  14. Ten
  15. Eleven
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Sixteen
  21. Seventeen
  22. Eighteen
  23. Nineteen
  24. Twenty
  25. Twenty-One
  26. Twenty-Two
  27. Twenty-Three
  28. Twenty-Four
  29. Twenty-Five
  30. Twenty-Six
  31. Twenty-Seven
  32. Twenty-Eight
  33. Twenty-Nine
  34. Thirty
  35. Thirty-One
  36. Thirty-Two
  37. Thirty-Three
  38. Thirty-Four
  39. Thirty-Five
  40. Thirty-Six
  41. Thirty-Seven
  42. Thirty-Eight
  43. Thirty-Nine
  44. Forty
  45. Forty-One
  46. Forty-Two
  47. Forty-Three
  48. Forty-Four
  49. Forty-Five
  50. Forty-Six
  51. Forty-Seven
  52. Forty-Eight
  53. Forty-Nine
  54. Fifty
  55. Fifty-One
  56. Fifty-Two
  57. Fifty-Three
  58. Fifty-Four
  59. Fifty-Five
  60. Fifty-Six
  61. Fifty-Seven
  62. Fifty-Eight
  63. Fifty-Nine
  64. Sixty
  65. Sixty-One
  66. Sixty-Two
  67. Sixty-Three
  68. Sixty-Four
  69. Sixty-Five
  70. Sixty-Six
  71. Sixty-Seven
  72. Sixty-Eight
  73. Sixty-Nine
  74. Seventy
  75. Seventy-One
  76. Seventy-Two
  77. Seventy-Three
  78. Seventy-Four
  79. Seventy-Five
  80. Seventy-Six
  81. Seventy-Seven
  82. Seventy-Eight
  83. Seventy-Nine
  84. Eighty
  85. Eighty-One
  86. Eighty-Two
  87. Eighty-Three
  88. Eighty-Four
  89. Eighty-Five
  90. Eighty-Six
  91. Eighty-Seven
  92. Acknowledgements
  93. About the Author
  94. Also by David Swinson
  95. Thank you for buying this ebook, published by Hachette Digital.

“That’s because you know you’re going to get more. You trick your brain.”

He looks at me like How would you know that?

“In my career I’ve interviewed a lot of users,” I say.

“Oh. It’s just that it’s not that hard when it’s not around. What’s hard is not thinking about it.”

He’s got that right.

“Speaking of addiction, the first hit was on me. I want you to use the bathroom if you need another one, ’cause I don’t want to see it anymore or smell it, so put the fan on or blow that shit into a wet washcloth.”

“Wet washcloth. That’s a good idea.”

“I heard it works for weed.”

“So I can pick this up?” he asks, looking at the baggie.

“No. I’ll be holding on to it, too,” I say.

I pick it up, open it, and pull out a nice chunk he can break some off of. Hand it to him.

“Use it wisely.”

“Will I get all of it back?”

“Like I said, that depends on how this plays out.”

I look at my phone for the time.

Daylight’ll be creeping in soon, and so will Diamond.

Fifty

Fifty

There’s a purpose in all this, but it still feels like nothing but an all-night binge with a crackhead. And now I have Diamond to grapple with. The first thing I did when he came in was pat him down. Doesn’t matter what Biddy told me about his uncle. I don’t know them, and I don’t trust either of them.

Now Diamond is standing at the foot of the bed staring at the blank TV screen, like everything’s starting to collapse around him. Well, it is, but I didn’t put him in that position. If anyone should feel that way, it’s me.

Biddy’s in the bathroom. We both know what he’s doing, but it’s harder to take for Diamond.

Yeah, like I said, I don’t trust him, but that doesn’t mean he’s not a good man. Shit, look at me.

Biddy walks out of the bathroom grinding his teeth.

“Everything just got real complicated,” Diamond says to the television screen.

“Didn’t have to be that way. It was simple, but I understand why you don’t trust me. I wouldn’t trust me.”

“He could have turned me in,” Biddy tells his uncle.

Diamond turns to him. A hard look.

“Yeah, you think he’d do that and get his ass locked up for kidnapping or some charge like that?”

He makes a good point, but I don’t let him know.

“But he’s a cop.”

I’m beginning to think Biddy might be a little slow. Or maybe it’s all the crack he’s been smoking, speeding him up so fast on the outside that his brain doesn’t have time to catch up.