Fallout (Crank 3)

couldn’t even be thankful

enough to look after you

right. They took you away….

I want to shout, “No, you

shoved me away!” Instead

I say, “You’re selfish, Dad.”

He shakes his head, smoke

escaping side to side from

the corners of his mouth.

Not always. Nope. At first

it was all about your mother.

I loved her. God. Never love

someone that much, because

you’re sure to end up hurt.

I would have married her.

Would have raised up your

sister like my own. Would

have raised you better….

This is the most he’s ever

spoken to me at one time.

Ever. “So what happened?”

When she got pregnant with

you, I told her all that, begged

her to give up the crystal.

To be fair, she tried to clean

up. For you. Tried and mostly

failed. Meth is a mean mother

monster. But even if she could

have given it up, the fact is

she loved Trey more than she