Vida

due to their shared business interests.

I said, “Mom, if he ever hits me I’ll stab him.” She said it wasn’t him hitting me that she was afraid of.

to me and whispered some dark

We knew he was guilty because that’s the kind of guy my uncle was.

even suggested that my dad set him up so he’d get the whole company, but nobody bought it.

was just a stream of sludge and mud

“Don’t be such a baby,” he said. “I’m not gonna do anything to you.” Then he started to crack up.

This town fuckin’ blows,”

has the nerve to break any kind of rules.