Таинственная история Билли Миллигана

           Hesearchedthroughhisaddressbookuntilhefounditandthenamethatwentwithit:GeorgeKellner,thelawyerwhohadplea-bargainedhimintoZanesville.AllenhadDorothycallhimaboutrentingtheapartmenttoherson.Kellneragreedtolethimhaveitforeightydollarsamonth.

           Theapartmentat8031/2RooseveltAvenuewasacleanone-bedroomsecond-floorapartmentinawhitehousesetbackfromthestreetbehindanotherbuilding.Allenmovedinaweeklaterandfixeduptheplacecomfortably.Nomoremessingaroundwithdrugs,hedecided.We’vegottokeepawayfromthosepeople.

           HewasastonishedwhenMarlene,whomhehadnotseensincethenightofBarryHart’sparty,cameinonedayandmadeherselfathome.Hehadnoideawhichoftheotherswasdatingher,buthedecidedshewasnothistypeandhewantednothingtodowithher.

           Shewouldcomeinafterwork,makehisdinner,spendpartoftheevening,thengohometoherparents’house.Shewaspracticallylivingthere,anditmadeeverythingalotmorecomplicatedthanAllenliked.

           Whenevershestartedtogetaffectionate,he’dleavethespot.Hedidn’tknowwhocameonandhedidn’treallygiveadamn.

           Marlenethoughttheapartmentwasgreat.