“I’m hungry.”

“Go to the kitchen.”

“Witchy.”

“Once you’re sixty-five, who the hell wants you.  Over there [in Arizona] people are just dying over there.”

“What are you renting it for?”

“About twelve hundred.”

Chapter 1

“It’s great because it’s for me.  It’s great because it’s near the beach.  There’s no ocean view, but it’s south Long Beach, only a five-minute walk and not crowded with cars or people.”

“No parking.”

“Yeah, no parking and no tour buses.”

“‘No drone zone’.”

“You stole that.”

“LA County Fair.”

“Why wouldn’t they hire you?”

“I stole the cleaning rags to clean. Times have changed.  Laborers have been commoditized again.  Manager’s used to show more compassion when I was growing up.”

“Minorities with a grudge and smile charge plenty in ill will sometimes.”

“Rostan Millers. Rostan Millers l call them.”

“Don’t shrink. Born again and losing.”

“I have sexy curves that teach.”

“So does Clayton Kershaw, but he earns a lot more.”