Chapter 2
It’s seventeen minutes past ten o’clock, the agreed upon time for the first meeting of Chem And Get It (Ajay’s choice of name, obviously, his third choice after Chem on Eileen and Intro to Jizz) and Marcus is struggling to keep his nausea under control.
He hates being late. He’s trying to keep his mind calm and clear like his therapists are always advising, but he can’t stop thinking about what Ajay will say when Marcus finally makes it to the library. Maybe he’ll be angry and drag Marcus for wasting his time. Maybe he’ll flash a pitying smile and tell Marcus he’s not mad when he actually is. Maybe he figured Marcus was blowing him off so he bailed already.
Maybe he never even bothered to show up in the first place. Surely he has better things to do.
Marcus can feel his stoma
