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“"Are you dealing drugs?" he says then, turning away to look at the kitchen doorway. I can see the tension in his neck.
A pinched laugh bubbles up from inside of me, from where I am still just waiting in the doorway with the night at my back. How ridiculous is it that my dad saw me with the Darlas and he still can't figure it out? I almost wish I was dealing drugs.”

“Then she scoots up the mattress and climbs under my sheet. She must be drunker than I thought.
"Get in here," she says. "You don't want to sleep on top of the bed-spread. It's where all of the bacteria congregate."”

“Then she looks at me and says, "Reno?" And I nod, willing to follow this band anywhere.”

"This is our last song of the night," Julia finally says, breaking through the trance of the past hour. "It was written by Iris, who should have been here tonight. It's called 'Caspian." My heart seizes up at the sound of my name. My mother's.