Chapter 14

           Arthurfoundhimselfgrowingincreasinglyirritatedwiththewaythingsweregoing.Allenhadbeenfiredfromhislatestjob—fillinginvoicesandloadingtrucksattheJ.C.Penneydistributioncenter—whenDavidcameonthespotunexpectedlyandcrashedaforkliftintoasteelpillar.TommywanderedaroundLancasterandColumbuslooking,unsuccessfully,foranewj,ob.RagenwasworkingforFoleyonaregularbasis—guardingshipmentsofgunsanddrugs—andwasdrinkingtoomuchvodkaandsmokingtoomuchmarijuana.AfterRagenhadspentfourdaysinIndianapolistracingaconfiscatedshipmentofguns,heendedupinDayton.SomeonetooktoomanydownersandTommy,findinghimselfonInterstate70feelingdizzyandsicktohisstomach,gaveupthespottoDavid,whowasarrestedonacomplaintfromamotelowner.Atthehospital,theypumpedDavidsstomachandtreatedhimforanoverdose,butthepolicelethimgowhenthemotelownerdecidednottosignthecomplaint.WhenAllengotbacktoLancaster,Marlenestayedwithhim.Thenoneoftheundesirables—theBrooklynaccentrevealedittobePhilip—tookanoverdoseofredcapsules.Marlenecalledtheemergencysquadandwentalongtothehospital.Aftertheypumpedhisstomachagain,shestayedandcomfortedhim.

           Shetoldhimsheknewhewasmixedupwithsomebadpeopleandshewasafraidhewasgoingtogetintodeeptrouble,butevenifhedid,shewasgoingtostandbyhim.