21 May 2013
All weekend I’ve been anxious about Joy, wondering what Jake will do. When I saw her sitting in her usual spot I was so relieved.
“Joy, I’ve been worrying about you all weekend!.
“Why?”
“Friday you were so nervous about what Jake might do.”
“Yeah, I guess I was. He didn’t do anything. I was so bored on Sunday, I borrowed Chester’s phone and called Rodent. I said, ‘Hi, whatcha doin’? Care to come over to my place for a barbecue?’ He got all flustered, he said, ‘Jake stayed with me for a few days, but he’s gone now. I don’t know where he is. He has all this paper work about how he’s supposed to stay away from you.’ I said, ‘Yeah, so when has that ever stopped him before? Usually, he’d just move back in with me.’
“That Rodent, he’s such a liar and a scum bag. Jake was probably sitting right beside him. We’ll meet up, maybe today, maybe tomorrow. Who knows?”
I said, “That’s the thing with life, we never know what the next moment will bring.”
“Life’s a bitch and then you die.”
“Joy’s words of wisdom and inspiration for the week?”
“Yeah, something like that. I’ve got a splitting headache and the dizzy spells have come back. Hippo went to the General Hospital and got my immunization card with my medical number on it. I don’t have it with me now, but I’ll bring it tomorrow. I’ll stop by the Mission, or go to the clinic on Somerset, to have a doctor check me out.
“I’ve been reading this book by Justin Cronin, The Passage Trilogy. I’m nearly finished and it’s over nine hundred pages. The only other time I can remember finishing a book was when I was doing time.”
“Will I see you at the park at noon?”
“Yeah, as long as it’s not pissin’ down rain.”
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