“I stood staring at him, and after a moment I realized that I was almost sober.
I took a deep breath, and inside me was a feeling I didn't know. No I understood why, but I felt good. I was easy-going, content, even happy.
It was a feeling only slightly different than a state of strong love. Is that how cocaine worked?
- I thought. Then it ceased to be a mystery to me why Black liked her so much.”