Crazy (33 page)

CRAZY GLUE
:
Goodbye, Crazy.

LAUGH TRACK
:
Ha, ha.

AUNT BEE
:
Take care of yourself, Jason.

FBG WITH A MUSTACHE
:
Well done, son, well done.

SEXY LADY
:
There'll never be anyone hotter.

I lean in to kiss Shelby and she stands on her tiptoes. Our lips are about to touch.

YOU
:

Oh, no you don't. You had your chance to say something. You chose to stay a part of the audience. You can't change your mind now. It's too late. This isn't a peepshow, you know. I'm doing this completely on my own.

Audience, out!

HAN NOLAN is widely acclaimed for her evocative language, her gritty subject matter, and her ability to plumb the psyche of her multidimensional and quirkly characters. Her books include
Dancing on the Edge
, which won the National Book Award,
Send Me Down a Miracle
, a finalist for the National Book Award,
Born Blue, A Summer of Kings
, and several other acclaimed novels. She and her husband live on the East Coast.

www.hannolan.com

Jacket design by Christine Kettner

HARCOURT
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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