“You’re one tough bitch, Chuck Carson,” Micah says, looking down at his lap. I can tell he’s trying to be upbeat, but he’s still got tears in his eyes when he looks up and grins at me. “God, we hated you so much when you showed up at Adamson. Now we’re all, like, clinically obsessed. What have you done to us?” “I’m like a splinter—once I’m in, you can’t get me out without bleeding!” I say, trying to be funny but totally and utterly fucking it up because I’m a shitty comedian. Also, I got stabbed. That’s a great excuse for everything now, huh? I can just mess stuff up and say I got stabbed.
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