Clutch
“s**t, I really do have to get out of here,” I said, looking at my watch.
“I feel like I’ve heard this song before,” Eldie said smiling up at me.
“Yeah, but this time I mean it. The picnic is an all-hands kind of deal, and if Minus counts me as AWOL, he’ll chew my ass twice as hard as anyone else.”
“Why’s that?” she asked.
“Lots of reasons, I guess. Because he’s my best friend, mostly. Then, because I’m the club’s Sergeant, but then it’s just because Minus likes to bust my balls whenever he can.”
“Why are guys like that?”
“It’s not just a guy thing. Minus and me are more like brothers,” I explained.
“I didn’t realize you two were so close. By the time the Saints started requesting me by name at the ER, Minus had moved away, so I never saw much of him,” Eldie said, running he
