I’m harboring some growing doubts about our prospects as a going musical concern. Terry, Ali’s da, doesn’t mind too much, but my da is more worried. The real worry is inside me, the fear that this will be another report card marked “fail.” Adam is talking about going back to London. He’d worked in a fish market and had a relative there who’s offered him a real job. There’s talk of Edge going to Kevin Street technical college. Maybe Larry would go back to his old job as a courier. The numbers didn’t add up. We couldn’t seem to earn enough to pay for a life as musicians. It was a shitty feeling.
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