I had said too much. He was giving me the look. I hated the look. It was the “You’ve had it tough, huh, kid?” look. It made me feel pathetic.

“That’s a good hustle,” I told him. “We both got a little hustle, don’t we?” He …”

“I wished I had a friend in the Quarter, someone like Charlotte. Someone I could…”

“Be in control of your piece, Jo. The minute it takes control of you, you’re dea…”

“It is estimated that Josef Stalin killed more than twenty million people during…”