The Rip
Jim sits beside me, folding his paper neatly into his lap.
“Every day I see you stumble out of that bar,” he says. “And every day I hope it’s the last time. But it never is.”
I stare straight ahead, focusing on nothing. The ocean breeze rolls in from the cove, cool and sharp, cutting through the stench of vomit and stale whiskey.
“You know,” Jim continues, “when Joanne died, I saw you and Nick die too. Maybe not all at once, but piece by piece. I’m just asking you — for God’s sake — stop killing yourself.”
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