'But how come he signed it for you?"
"He doesn't like banks any more either. And he trusts me. I never take anything except what we agreed on to do his errands and shit."
"He sold a movie, huh?"
"A horror movie. I guess he got some inspiration somewhere. I don't know where."
She laughed, as she was supposed to, and that was good. But then she said, "They should put me in the movie. A horror movie. I wouldn't need no makeup."
"Hey! Come on. No way."
Her mouth buckled and he thought she'd cry, but she didn't, not quite. Instead she changed the subject. "He going to build a house out there, now he got money?"
"I don't know. Seems to like it the way Drax had it. He got a lot of money for that horror movie. They seemed to be sure it was gonna hit big I guess. He bought the land the shack is on, you know. And the Ranch land too. He owns it."
"No shit? He – how come you do this job, Lonny? Just to be nice?"
He was a little embarrassed that she'd figured him out. "No. I like to help him out, but – I need to go out there, too. I don't sleep too good, if I don't see him out there now and then." He thought he'd take her someplace to eat. It was good to have someone to go to dinner with. He liked being with Eury because she knew the things he knew, and because she didn't expect him to touch her, the way some other girls did. Like him, she didn't like to be touched any more.
And at dinner he'd tell her about the money Prentice gave her. Money for a better place to live. And better plastic surgery.
They were silent for awhile. Then she said, "Yeah. I'm glad he's there. But I feel bad for him. He's… just him and that odd dog. He must be lonely, all by himself out there."
Lonny shook his head. "Oh, no. He's not lonely out there. Not at all. He's got Amy with him…"