chapter*Candy
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“Now bf GET into the bathroom!”
bf She was TELLING bf us.
bf This little BITCH was telling us.
I didn’t take her bf SERIOUSLY.
She’s bf a kid; WHATever.
I went into bf the bathroom; she had bf the GLOCK.
I mean bf that LITTLE girl HAD A GLOCK IN MY FACE.
bf It was emph{FUN}NY.
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“That’s how bf YOU TEACH YOUR KID?”
“Liss. Gimme bf the gun.”
“No. I don’t think bf so. GET IN THE BATHROOM.
get bf IN.”
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bf She had us SCRUB.
I bf LOVE to scrub.
bf Little bf kids.
“Silbf ly girl.”
“Whatbf ?”
bf “I love to scrub! Why’d you leave
bf the fucking GUN outside
Ricbf hard
Why’d you bf do that?”
She had our bf PHONEs.
“bf When I come back bf I WANT THESE COUNTERS SCRUBBED.”
underlineRight, {bf okay, I GOT YOU emphbitch.}
I love scrubbing counters bf ANYWAY.
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Rebf d flecks.
“Richard bf GET YOUR ELBOW INTO IT. Kibf ss me.
Fuck. bf Does she emph{like to CLEAN OR} SOMETHING?”
“I bf HEARD THAT.”
bf That’s LISS from the next room.
Who knows bf what she’s doing in there.
“Ricbf hard, KISS me. Kiss bf my DICK.”
“You don’t bf have a dick.”
“How bf the fuck do you know? Kiss IT.”
“I don’t want any bf FOREPLAY going on in there.”
That’s Liss from the bf other room.
“How bf can she bf HEAR us?”
Bebf cause you’re bf screaming.
“Because you’re bf sCREAMing, Ricbf hard,
you’re Sbf CREAMing. Now lick bf MY DICK.”
It’s bf right there, Richie Rich.
bf SUCK MY DICK.”
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“bf NO FOREbf PLAY!!bf ”
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Albf right albf RIGHT.
“How bf does she even know what FOREPLAY is.
Richard.
There’s bf THROW UP matter in this countertop.
emphRichard look at THIS.
Did bf you emphthrow UP IN HERE?
No?
Do YOU bf see that?
It’s there.
Look, bf they’re EVERYWHERE!
bf Someone threw up in this bathroom.
Sneak the door closed.
Shush it. bf Shush it.
emphWe’re gonna HIT {bf ANOTHER} bf HIT of emphchrys.”
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underline“emph{Nbf O emphCHRYbf S!”}
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“Hey, emphTricky. HOW bf DOES SHE KNOW what chrys is?”
“Cause bf you’re SCREAMing!”
“Was I?” bf I didn’t mean to.
Liss bf is BACK with the gun.
She’s got the gun in my EYE.
“bf Stop LICKING it!!”
bf That gun is in my eye. Tastes bf like CRACKERs.
“Liss.”
Richard’s bf LAUGHING.
I’m gonna FUCKING bf LICK that gun.
“Gimbf me the gun.”
“Just GRAB bf it! She’s gonna shoot me!”
bf I’m sSTILL licking it though.
I just bf want )bf liss( to Lbf EAVE.
“Look what bf we FOUND on this counter.
THRbf OW up.
Libf ss IS bf leaving.
“THAT’bf S not throw up.”
“bf Well what is it?”
“Just bf KEEP cleaning.”
“It’s garble garble bf in the counter, Candy.”
bf “What? Richard, wha’d she say?”
Rich’s hand bf is on my bf COCK now.
Tongue. Nebf ck. Face.
Rich’s bf finger on the counter.
Ebf yeBALL.
My eyeball is bf down there.
“bf It’s just flecks on the counter!”
“It’s flecks bf of vomit, see!”
“They don’t come bf off.”
“That’s cause bf you need to SCRAPE harder.”
“They don’t bf come off, Candy; they’re flecksbf !”
“That’s what I bf said!”
“bf You told me they were vomit!”
“I told you bf THEY WERE FLECKS emph{like 30} minutes ago!”
You’re bf on me.
You’re on me bf HUFFING.
underline{bf You’re ON me like bf a emph{horse}.}
I’m bf going UNDER the towels.
“Get bf IN!”
“I bf am in.”
“Get bf REALLY in.”
“You bf want me deeper?”
“Yeah. You’re so bf emph{technical, Richard.}”
underlineYou’re SO {bf technical.}
bf “Is she coming back?”
I don’t even bf THINK you know.
Richard.
bf I don’t even think you KNOW bf anymore.
“Smbf oke this.”
“What are bf you two doing.”
Liss bf STAMPS her foot.
“I bf told you NO foreplay.”
emphNow WE’RE bf in trouble.
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Now bf Liss is SERIOUS.
I emphcan’t stop bf emph{LAUGHING} about those emphflecks.
It’s bf not funny laughter though.
It’bf s serious.
We’re bf all serious now.
Liss habf s our pipes.
She has bf like six of them.
“Richard. Dixon Maxx. When bf YOU NEED TO START a pipe
YOU bf LET ME KNOW.
I’ll start em bf for ya’.
You’rbf e WASTING glass.”
“Is bf THAT what that is? Glbf ass?
Candy
underlineemph{Tell me that’s bf not glass.}
Ibf N MY HOUSE
WITbf H my BABY!!”
Cocbf k is ready to emphcry nobf w.
This bf time he’s ready bf to cry.
Jimmy is bf watching TV.
It’s bf not gay porn anybf more.
It’s QVbf C. They’re bf selling MORMONs.
“You remember bf when those Mormons stopped by the other day?”
“Awwww bf Candy you’re fucked up.
Awwwww..bf Richard. Are you on this bf shit too?
Awwwwbf ww..Richard.
Now I don’t even care that bf you fucked him.
bf Now I don’t even bf CARE.
Becca, bring bf me Mega Cock.”
Becca doesn’t bf think so.
Becca and Liss have some sort of bf arrangement.
Thebf y’re arranging things.
They’re emphwhisper whisper.
Liss is emphsaying stuff THAT bf I DON’T UNDERSTAND.
bf “Liss. You’ve got to speak more SLOWLY.
Why’d you bf do that?”
I feel bf like emphthrowing UP.
I bf feel emphskinny in my stomach.
“Why’d you go and do bf that Liss?”
She’s gone and bf handcuffed Cock to the
Tbf V STATION!!
“That’s bf what I’ve been trying to tell you, Candy.”
That’s Cbf ock.
He looks emphreal serious and bf he’s emphpleading now.
“You’re bf FUCKed up baby.
underlineI told you {bf not to touch that shit.}
Becca, let us bf out.”
But emphBecca’s not paying bf ATTENemphTIon.
She’s putemphting bf Chinese cartons in the emphdishwashbf erbf .
Cardboard bf doesn’t go in there
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It’s bf real slow
It’s bf me and Richard bf on the pool table
Someone turned bf all the lights bf on
It’s bf medical
Liss bf has the bf devices
We bf can’t MOVE
There’s bf examination coming bf THROUGH us
Lisbf s has the controls
Thbf e bright light
bf My eye is PERMANENT open
Therebf ’s another man here
Rich is talking bf to him
underlineThey’re {bf not saying anything}
Mibf metic::
They’rbf e not BEING examined
They’re bf chatting it up
They’re bf off a CLIFF
Liss has the deemphvices and bf she’s examining bf me
Under bribf gemphht liemphghts
DObf Ctor OXYgen
There’s a bf RED light
bf LaSeR!
bf Red spot
Close bf eyes
Liss is maemphking it
I can see bf across her VISTA
She’s communicating with bf the neighbors
THEY’bf VE got a code
Liss is bf HAVING me arrested
She’s SNEAemphKing it bf PAST me
If she does it bf slowly enough emphI won’t KNOW it
Shebf ’s snempheakibf ng bf ME
Oh bf damn
I’m getting sneaked bf by this liemphttle girl
She bf won’bf t move me
It cobf meemphs
underlineIt comes {bf from the emphsides}
They’re bf under the table
There’s no moemphving for bf me
It’s bf like a rocemphk
It’s like bf heavy wemphater
And emphthen she’s got bf LIGHT!
Everybf one CAN see!
Everybf thing is
bf Bright
“Brightness Richard!”
He doesn’t bf know it’s happening.
He’s making bf this his little GAME.
underlineI’m supposed to find the {bf meaning.}
Richard’s bf HIDDEN meaning within THIS room.
My goal is bf to find it.
There’s a man smoking bf white
Whitebf ness emphLCOUD
He’s bf sick.
This man bf is dying.
He’s bf fat in bed.
He can never get up.
He’s bf making a demonemphstration.
This is what NOT bf to do.
They’ve got the pipes bf cleaned.
“Did bf you do it?”
Richard says “yes”.
HOW did bf you do it RicharD?
They’ve got this FAT man here so he can bf show me.
He’s showing me bf what NOT to do.
“Did you bf make this, Richard?
Did you make bf this, Liss?”
“Aaaaaaawwwwwww bf Fuck Candy.”
That’s bf cock in the OTHER room.
They’ve got this bf fat man here and he’s showing me what will happen.”
“Are you bf PART of the demonstration?”
“What?” He’s semphhaking bf his head.
He DOESN’t know what I’M bf talking about.
He’s emphpart of the bf demonstration.
underline{bf You’re not ALLOWED to say it.}
“I’m not allowed bf to smoke.”
I bf CRAWL into Richard’s lap.
“You can bf smoke it.”
“I’m bf not allowed to SMOKE.”
Richard gives ME bf the pipe.
bf I give it back
“I don’t want to mess with bf the demonstration.”
“This isn’t a demonstration.”
“I know bf you can’t talk about it.”
The fatty has bf the pipe
“I know that bf if you tTELL me about it
bf that it WON’T have the same effeemphct.”
He’s a emphcop
He won’t bf get better
bf He’s already got thaempht smoke
IN HIM
He’s a bf LOST cause
He knows it
Richard and him are CHATTING IT UP
Like Fireside
“Where is Cocky?”
“He’s bf in the Fireside room.”
“What’s the fireside room?”
“What’s the emphwhat? bf You’re not bf making any sense.
Are you taking your bf medication?”
It’s the fat man.
“Do you take any medication?”
“Not usually, bf no. We’ll I do take something for
ANxIETY”
“Well underline{bf you should take your pills}.”
?“”Why is he telling me to take pemphills””?
“He’s bf just encouraemphging emphyou to bf maintain a schedule
for your} meDiCaTemphion.”
Technical.
underlineYou’re so technical Richard.
“You’re so TemphECHNICAL!”
They’re bf laughing.
Becca has the bf baby.
bf I can’t bf remember hemphis name.
Becca’s bf rocking him in her arms.
That’s good.
Liss is sitting at the bar.
bf She has the gun.
That’s good.
She bf should be the one to take it.
She’s the best one bf to look after it right now.
“Who’s bf your friend Richard?”
“bf You MET bf him.”
Who’s bf your friend.
“You bf met him on the road, bf remember?”
No, I don’t. “Really.”
bf “His name is emphBOby?”
“Close enough.”
“But tell me what bf his name really is.”
“bf We told bf you.”
“Am bf I acting weird?”
“No.”
“Did you get those flecks out of the cabinet?”
“Why don’t you go check?”
“I’ll be right back. I’m gonna go to the bathroom.
Richard. Can I get you anything?”
“I already got it.”
“You two are so emphhush hush about everything.”
The fat man has a cigarette.
“Can I smoke that?”
I just take it.
Richard and him are smoking cigarettes.
“Where’s the pipe?”
“The PIPES? bf Why don’t you go to the bathroom.”
“What’s the PIPE?”
That’s the fat man.
bf Smoke is all around him.
“Can we turn some of bf these ))lights off in here?”
“bf Lights stay on.” That’s Liss.
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I’m in the bath.
underlineThere’s no flecks on this counter.
I mean emphthere’s no flecks at ALL!
bf Who is there?
Look in the hallway.
There’s no one there.
Close the door.
Lock it.
It’s not bf supposed to be the LAST towel Richard!
IT’s supposed to be the emphnext bf emph{to} emphthe last towel.
bf Fix that.
Unstop the sink.
bf This bathroom is perfectly clean.
Who’s out there.
It’s EIGHT bf people out there
It’s those (two boys) in the living room
bf They’re watching Tv
It’s those bf two boys in the front room
Smoking bf fireside jackets
It’s a Lady and an Infant
They’re basically bf MADE for each other
It’s that STINKING little gyrl
I can smell that girl from here
How many is that?
emphThat’s six.
underlineThat’s {bf seven.}
Then there’s us.
In here.
Check the pipe again.
It’s perfectly in PLACE.
NO flecks.
So that’slike eight.
But there’s the doorbell.
That’s plus one.
emphSo nine.
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