CHAPTER 2 I waited on her to pay for the drinks before walking out of the bar in search of a cab. We walked by Amber on the door still talking to the man in a flashy suit who very much looked like a pimp. We hailed a cab and got in almost immediately. We did the expected cliché s**t in the backseat, cuddle, kiss, played with each other’s s*x machines as we patiently waited to get to her place. Her apartment as in one of the middle- class neighborhoods and it was far much better than mine. We took the elevator to the third floor and did not walk by anyone who looked anything like us. We tried talking in small voices but we both knew we were loud as s**t. The place needed decorum but I was not going to show her any such s**t once I walked in through the door. The inside of her house made

