XL. GEARING UP
Q. Zeller had not tried to contact me in months. Everyone seemed to give up on me. Even my manager Berg Rabinowitz stopped trying. They had either moved on with their lives, or they decided to give me time to sort things out on my own.
I knew I could get back on track. I just had to break free from Leticia’s clutches. She was making too much money off Dr. Starrr, and it was going to take careful planning to release the grip she had on me.
I suppose I could have just bailed. I still had some money left in savings from all my session work, so even if I left all the Dr. Starrr proceeds for Leticia, I could have survived for a few months. I could have taken Ramone, boarded the LIRR, and disappeared from Leticia’s life. I’d have had no guilt. She had used me to get rich, and I
