Yeah. Not the weirdest one, though. Last month there were evil clowns.
[And he's glad Will wasn't here for it, for those terrifying days of living hidden in the back of his closet, or under the stairs, with a kitchen knife and a two-by-four as weapons. The week that Steve disappeared, stopped answering his phone for days, and came back off in the eyes, trying too hard to drink his way past something awful, something that he wouldn't tell Mike about.
The rest of the house is emptier than the cluttered sunporch, with its litter of blankets and clothes. In the living room, an old TV sits on a cardboard box, with an Atari set up in front of it. An orphaned couch cushion serves as seating.]
I don't have any other furniture, [ Mike adds, seeming to notice the emptiness with fresh eyes, ] but I bet I could find a sleeping bag cheap. You can have the bed.
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[And he's glad Will wasn't here for it, for those terrifying days of living hidden in the back of his closet, or under the stairs, with a kitchen knife and a two-by-four as weapons. The week that Steve disappeared, stopped answering his phone for days, and came back off in the eyes, trying too hard to drink his way past something awful, something that he wouldn't tell Mike about.
The rest of the house is emptier than the cluttered sunporch, with its litter of blankets and clothes. In the living room, an old TV sits on a cardboard box, with an Atari set up in front of it. An orphaned couch cushion serves as seating.]
I don't have any other furniture, [ Mike adds, seeming to notice the emptiness with fresh eyes, ] but I bet I could find a sleeping bag cheap. You can have the bed.