He nodded grimly. "You can ask me anything."
It took her a long time to speak the words and when she did, she only managed to whisper. "Are you a drug dealer?"
He shrugged. "I suppose that's what it amounts to."
"What?" She asked not entirely positive of his response.
He looked at her steadily. "Yes Vanessa. I am a drug dealer." When she just looked at him without responding he continued. "What are you thinking?"
She didn't smile. "I thought you were smarter than that."
Scotty looked away and inhaled deeply. After a moment he looked at her again. "It is what it is."
"Everything is everything." She said suddenly. He saw that she was disappointed in him and just the idea that she disapproved of something he'd done made him feel hollow inside. He fought against that feeling. His story
