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Show -10 "Born and raised in Oregon," I told him. "Easterners are different from you and me," he said. "We're the only true Americans anymore. They've forgot how it is. " "I'm going to go back there someday and see." J. Cash shook his head prophetically. "You won't like it." He was partly right. I met Fancy there and she showed me a complicated time. I loved her not for herself but for what I wanted her to be; when she realized this she sent me packing. I suspect that those fits of hers, the sudden disappearances, the moony and manic behaviors, may have been efforts to get my attention. Like the hammer I threw at Adam they may have been attempts to communicate. That last kiss over the delicatessen table meant she was giving up the battle-it was the only uncomplicated kiss she ever gave me. She taught me a lot and if I haven't forgiven her for it, it's because all of us Skinners tend to hold a grudge. We're quick to take offense and slow to forgive. "You might not appreciate it now but what I'm telling you will come back someday, maybe when you need it the most. Listen. " The old truck's stiff springs joggled me pleasantly- My window was stuck; it wouldn't roll down and I stared out through the complexly cracked glass at scenery illuminated |