a good omen. Cesar greets us with his

usual not-quite-smile.

That doesn’t change as I tell him we

want to up our regular.

Holding this much meth halfway

scares the crap out of me.

I offer Cesar three bills,

which leaves us with sixteen whole

dollars until we manage.

to off a great deal of glass. “I know

we’re really short, but

we had to change apartments. Can

you front us the rest?

We’ll get you the money by next

week. We’ve got buys

lined up.” Major lie.

Better to call it a bluff. Makes it

sound more like a game.

Cesar shrugs. You been a pretty

good customer. No reason

to think you won’t make good. But

fuck wit’ me, you ain’

gonna like what happens. You know?

Oh yeah, we know.

The Plan Has Flaws

Like, the rent is due and we’re

out of cash. I give the manager

a sob story about the baby getting

sick. Since the baby isn’t here,

she buys it, gives us a few days

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