He greeted the twins like they were all from the same hood in Compton and gave Dex and me the head nod.

“Hey, kiddo,” Dex whispered. “It’s just me.”

“I do what I have to do to survive because that’s all I know. I don’t make excus…”

“And with madness comes the light.”

“I hated how easily my feelings got involved in every single thing he did or sai…”