Nick is now headed back to his home after his vacation with his "future wife" Sheeni. When arriving home Nick quickly goes to lefty's house to tell him what happened while he was at Clear Lake. Lefty is shocked at what he hears from Nick and he asks for proof which Nick was prepared for. After Nick tells his Lovely vacation story Lefty begins to tell how his sister has been making his life a "living hell". After telling Nick what his sister has done to him Nick and Lefty come to a agreement that Nick will think of a way to get Lefty's sister back for making his life a living hell if Lefty watches the "devil dog" Albert. Jerry, Nicks mom's boyfriend died while "on the road". And Nicks mom does not take it to easy, in fact she spends a whole week crying. To make matters worse Jerry was married to a woman that lived in Dallas , same place he was "on the road" to. Interesting. Nick also moved Lefty into the mobile home that the family took from Clear Lake. He then took a bunch of lefty's clothes, a backpack, and shoes then rode his bike down to the pier and threw lefty's bag in the water. He then called 911 and said that he had just saw some boy jump into the Berkley Pier (with a Spanish accent) and rode off on his bike.
He then rides past Left's house to find a news crew outside talking to lefty's mother about lefty's suicide, which lefty has no idea about. He still thinks that he is just running away from his house. And Nick never tells him about the suicide until his cover comes close to being blown. Finally Nicks very nosy sister who always knows when he is hiding something comes over, how ironic.
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"So Joanie is queen of the snoops. One look at me and she could tell I was hiding something"(Payne 73)
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I chose this quote because this quote was the most appealing to me. This quote basically told me what was going to happen in the next few pages which is that his sister is going to figure out what is going on with him and lefty.
