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“I left the number for the family we’re staying with in California if you have any problems, but of course, you know he doesn’t--do much,” she says, and the ending is almost careful, but not particularly thoughtful, “So if you need anything, you should call, we just couldn’t bring him, you understand, and I think it’s important that Max get a break after everything, and we just couldn’t bring him, you know, and--” She’s still talking, but what she’s actually doing is walking down the crumbling steps, climbing into the passenger’s side of the truck, slamming the door shut, driving away, and-- And Max is yelling out the window, “She means like, two weeks--” before they’re turning around the corner and-- And Steve is standing on the front steps of Billy Hargrove’s house, keys jingling in his palm, thinking what the fuck?

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