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Io make me a delicious sammich Catch you on the flip side

Enjoy, kids

Chapter 1

Ray

Boom Boom Boom

Three huge speakers, stacked one atop the other, vibrate and pulse as the ainstheart sputters I cough and wheeze, pulling in a shaky breath I place my palh the layers of clothes, skin, blood, muscle, and bone

A sheen of sweat breaks out onA warning not to take another step

But I’ve been through this already

I don’t have a choice

I choke down my unease with a dry s Each step I take down the narrow hall through the sea of closed-eyed dancers gyrating against one another moves me closer toward the hell I’ve created for myself

For her

I’ize to the girl I don’t know The one I was before I lost my memory The one who took up residence inand became friends with a hooker I don’t even like

I don’t dislike Nikki because she’s a hooker, but because she’s a bitch

Through the eerie drug-inducede to keep oal

The door at the end of the hall

The door to my salvation

The door to my— a sense of deja-vu breaks my focus