Chapter 3
When Stoney heard that, he stopped dead still, and just looked at Hud as if he couldn’t believe it. After staring at him for several seconds, he abruptly turned away from Hud’s piercing eyes. “You’ve got more nerve than any asshole I’ve ever had the displeasure to meet.” He turned back around. “First of all, it ain’t none of your fuckin’ business.”
“And second?” Hud asked.
“What?”
“Well, when someone says first, it usually means there’s a second…and so on.”
“Second of all, I don’t owe you any explanation about how I look, or anything about my life, so bug off. Got that? Is that plain enough? There are other newsstands around town, go bug the hell out of them.”
“Actually, I thought maybe I could give you a lift since we live so close to each other.”
Stoney gave him a sarcas
