Chapter 16

I realized that I was getting hungry, so I closed the office and went home. In the kitchen, I opened the refrigerator and began to forage. Shit, everything that had been fresh looked old and wilted, and when I looked at the expiration dates on the milk carton and a package of hot dogs, I realized it was time to throw everything out and almost started to do so. Wait a minute, it would be better to tackle that little chore Sunday evening, just before I put the garbage on the curb for the Monday morning pickup

All at once, I realized that my body was tired and my muscles were stiff and sore. Time for the cure, I thought, so I changed into shorts and a tee and got into the car. Cure first, food later, I thought, but as I drove up Blanding Boulevard toward town, my stomach rumbled, so I zipped through the drive-through lane at Mickey D’s and got a grilled chicken snack wrap and a small Sprite, knowing that the little snack wrap would tide me over for a few hours.

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