She wriggled her pants off and dropped them over the edge of the bed, hiding herself under the t-shirt.
"Where you from, little Cherry?"
"Here. Sort of."
"Sort of?"
"I was born here, lived with my GiGi until I was about 12, then I went to live with my Aunt Ella up in Jasper. Just moved back here."
"How old are you?"
"Eighteen?"
"Tiny little thing. Why'd you come back to this shithole?"
"It isn't! I... I loved growing up here. GiGi died when I was 16. She left me her little trailer. I came back as soon as I could after I graduated. As soon as I turned 18."
"Those hearing aids. You all the way deaf or mostly?"
"Mostly."
"All your life, or...?"
"Since I was three. I... had an ear infection. My dad was high and I wouldn't quit crying, had a high fever. He reasoned that boiling wate
