Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Suicide in the Sunshine

I saved my girlfriend's life last night, she tried to commit suicide, he said, waving to the oncoming traffic. He was wearing a gigantic Burrito costume drumming up the lunch crowd.
What? I said.
Yeah, she overdosed and I told her to throw up.
Oh my god. She doesn't live around here, does she?
Yeah, New Jersey. I could hear her slurring her words and her texts were getting wonky. Most people would call an ambulance but she'd be locked up. I just told her to go throw up right now and she did, he said.
I think you should get her up here, I said, you could keep an eye on her.
Na, I'm going down there to live with her in two months.
She has two kids right?
Yeah.
How old are you, 33?
No. I'm 26, she's 25.

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