Chapter 21For two full days, Jerry stayed in the Constantine guest quarters, watching television and trying to reconcile the hope he had for a better life and the unpleasant reality that surrounded him. He replayed everything that had happened to him over and over on a continuous loop—the voices of those that gave him a new chance and the mistakes that took it all away. The tools he found to construct a new life were gone. No job, no respect, and no tomorrow.
Jerry paced for hours, seven steps across the living room and then five across the kitchen, over and over again. His anger burned and his feeling of hopelessness was overwhelming. He stared out the window at nothing in particular, and it was then that his thoughts returned to what he heard before dinner with Vickie and Michael. He ha
