This time they take Paul’s Cherokee. Adam likes the leather interior, the plush seats, the CD changer. It makes him feel inadequate and stupid, with his little piece of s**t Corolla, but Paul doesn’t say anything about it. When he gets rich and famous, Adam thinks he’ll buy something snazzier than this to drive Paul around in. Something with a big back seat, so they aren’t so cramped when they want to fool around. He’s going to be famous, he knows. It’s just a matter of time. What did Paul say? One week. He’s waited this long, hasn’t he? What’s one week more?
Dinner is a drive-thru somewhere. Adam orders three hamburgers because he’s hungry and they’re on the dollar menu, which is good because he only has five bucks to his name. He’d have more but his mom won’t give him spending money—she
