I’ll see you later,” Charley said.He couldn’t be serious.“Did you hear me?” Jenna asked.Her brother picked up his guitar case and hoisted the strap on his shoulder. “Yes. Claudia released, technicality, out tomorrow. Good deal. I’m sure she’ll have found wedded bliss and be fixing her new hubs a special arsenic burrito in no time. Ten-four.”“And you’re just going out? At a time like this?”Sure, he’d been little when everything happened, but she knew he remembered. He’d had nightmares throughout his teen years. Probably still did.“What am I supposed to do, Rain Man? Huddle in here and board up the windows? Wait for the Big Bad Wolf to come calling? I think not. I have better shit to do.”He turned the doorknob, but Jenna grabbed his shoulder. “Charley, we need to figure out—”“Figure out nothing. We can’t change it, Jenna. We try, and all we’ll get is a foot in the ass and a pat on the back. Trust me. It’s better we don’t waste our time. Easier to let it wash by than fight it, lose, then have it wash by.
