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you back.
 I don t want that. You re not paying me back. This has got nothing to do with
you paying me back. It s got to do with me paying back that cocksucker in
Mexico.
Brett got up, went to the bathroom, came back, and snuggled in with me again.
I said,  Frankly, I hate to admit it, but I been thinking about walkin .
 No you haven t.
 I haven t?
 Oh, you might consider it. It s in your head. But you know what you ll do,
and so do I.
 Am I that predictable?
 Except that part where you bent one of my legs sideways and came at me from
that weird angle. I didn t expect that. But, other than sex, yes, you re
predictable.
 Hey, we re together long enough, I ll be predictable there too. Then you ll
have to get rid of me.
 I don t think you re altogether joking.
 I haven t had the best luck with love, my dear.
 Hap. I don t care you re not young, you re not rich or overly handsome, or
even well hung 
 Hold it now, goddamn it, you re stepping across the line.
 I thought that would wake you up. I m saying I don t care. I don t care about
any of those things, but I care about you, and I can t just kiss you bye and
send you to Mexico not knowing what s going to happen. And when it s over,
when we come back here, I want to make this deal permanent. I m not saying you
have to marry me, though that would be nice, but I want us to be together. And
that means being together when you go to Mexico. I don t want to be sitting
here waiting on my man to do what a man s got to do like some cheap-ass
Western movie.
 That s kind of what it boils down to, though, isn t it?
 It boils down to you and me. From now on, I want it you and me. Except when
I m doing some serious business in the bathroom. I don t mind you come in I m
doing a number one, but a number two, no way. Unless maybe it s to hand me the
toilet paper if I forgot to put it on the roll, but other than that, not a
number two. You stay out then.
 You re fucking nuts, Brett.
 I know.
 Brett, I don t know I can go through with it. I think about it I clench up
inside.
 Whatever you do. Whatever you decide. I want to be there with you. Except
that bathroom part that I ve already explained. And that goes if you re doing
number two as well. I don t want to see that.
 Brett, thy middle name is class.
 I keep telling you that.
Next day they fired Brett when she wanted time off. She d already used all her
time off dealing with her worthless daughter.
I was with her at the nurses station when the head nurse told her it was all
over and that they d been thinking about firing her for some time because of
her mouth.
 My mouth, Brett said.  My fuckin mouth. You old dried-up cunt. You d be so
lucky as to have my cunt for your mouth. Turn it sideways, and it d go better
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with your mustache than the mouth you got, you fuckin Wicked Witch of the
West. I ought 
I got her by the arm and pulled her out of there. On the way out she yelled
back what they could do with their thermometers.
Later that day, Leonard and I went to our boss. It was tough. I knew Bond felt
he owed me something, and I didn t want to put him in a position of feeling he
had to let me have more juice than I deserved, but there was nothing else to
do.
His office was in town, away from the chicken plant. There were, however,
pictures of chickens on the wall, and charts with chickens. There was also a
big wooden desk, a black leather chair, and a black and gray striped couch.
Bond actually hadn t been in the office, but I had called and he had called
back and said he d meet me there. He ended up meeting us out in the parking
lot, riding up with us in the elevator.
 I don t come here much, he said.  I m really too rich and too far removed
from what s going on anymore to have opinions. I just like to collect checks
and leave the work and the organization to people I ve handpicked.
 It s a nice life if you can get it, Leonard said.
 Yes it is, Bond said.
Leonard and I sat on the couch, shuffled our feet for a moment. Finally I came
out with it. Told Bond something had come up. That we had to go away for a
while. But we d come back. And we d like our jobs back, if that was possible,
and not to think we were trying to take advantage of him. To my ears, I
sounded like a kid making up some bullshit excuse for not doing his homework.
Bond looked at us, said,  You do whatever you want. I won t even cut your
pay.
 You don t owe me that, I said.  You sure don t owe Leonard that.
 Thanks, Leonard said.
 No, Bond said.  I do owe you that. Go with my blessing.
 I want you to know I m not trying to take advantage of you, I said.
 Something really did come up.
 I believe you. Go with my blessing. And the assurance your jobs are waiting.
 How is Sarah?
 She s much better. She has been moved to a less critical wing of the
hospital.
 I m glad to hear it.
 She s talking now. Some of her old spirit is back. She speaks highly of you,
Hap.
 That s kind of her, I said.
Bond was starting to look teary. We got up to leave. Bond said,  Hap. Leonard.
I got an idea you two aren t just going on a hunting trip.
 Actually, Leonard said,  that s exactly what we re doing.
 Be safe.
We thanked him and left.
Jim Bob booked me, Brett, Leonard, Ferdinand, and himself on a flight to
Cancun for the next afternoon. I took Brett to a nice store in Tyler and
bought her an expensive outfit or two. Still, we packed light.
That night we slept hardly at all, got up early, muddled about. Hanson came by
to wish us off. Told us to keep him posted. Early afternoon, we headed for
Houston Intercontinental in Jim Bob s car, the Red Bitch.
 What about guns? Leonard asked.
 César, Jim Bob said, switching lanes to the sound of a car horn blaring.
 He ll provide what we need. He has his own grudge he d like to take care of.
He s been nursing it for years, and now he s ready. You brought some of that
money you got, didn t you, Hap?
 I did.
 I sold some hogs cheap, fired all my help, so now I got some extra bread
too.
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 I brought some, Brett said.  But I didn t have much. I plan to suck off Hap
when we get home.
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