three VINCENT part 5

photo: J.R. Schaefers

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Lying in Carl’s basement I tried to follow a trail of breadcrumbs back through the course of my night.

I know I left the restaurant and went to Ramon’s house to deliver his tips. Kyle had my scalp hanging from his junior bat-belt but I wouldn’t let him shame Ramon into scrubbing his uniform, force him to come crawling back to exchange his dignity for seventy-two dollars in small bills and…