Page 237 of Glass (Crank 2)

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The second message is from

Mom. Kristina? Where are

you? Are you okay? I just

got a call from Deputy Freed.

He found your car and had it

towed to impound. But he had

no idea what happened to you.

Will you please call and let us

know you’re okay? Please?

Guess the snow filled in my

tracks. Guess Brad’s off

the hook. Guess Mom might

care about me after all.

But What About Trey?

I step out onto the back step

to smoke and fret about that.

Snow falls, insistent, intent.

I watch it tumble

down.

Was he with a girl when he

called, or only somewhere

where there was a girl? Am

I paranoid? I know,

deep down,

that falling hard for the first

guy to take interest in over

a year was not the best idea.

But how do you tell

your heart,

No, don’t swell with magic,

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