the closest she 'd ever come to this kind of money in the past had been watching them draw the lotto numbers at night . we 're only ten miles from a small town . he asked , following the edges of the bruise . her lips were a dark plum , almost black . to be fair , we never actually slept together because of my fake snoring . it was a small black string necklace with a little stone arrowhead on it . asked granny , pushing aside the netting now , the baby crying a little against her shoulder . 