Chapter 64

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I unfolded the rest of the notes I’d brought along to the cemetery.

“‘There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.’ Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar. Archie got drunk one night and ended up at my place. It was closer to walk to than his. This napkin showed up in my lunch bag days later. Not terribly appetizing, but it came with a promise he would never do it again, so…

“‘I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.’

“Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men. The cool thing is, I have no doubt Archie is actually reading all these books. We read some together. See, if I did it back, I would just look up quotes online. I told him that. He said he wouldn’t mind, but it wouldn’t mean as much. He says these would be easy to find, because they’re quotable for a reason. I guess that’s true. Still, it’s nice they make him think of us in some way.