chapter : book i, chapter i location : lobby convenience store tagging : @lucrloux
it was not as if the lobby convenience store ever really was a place you had to pay for things. maybe they charged your room, but tommy had never seen a bill. plus, he’d paid of the original motel in cash, so it wasn’t as if they could really hold him to anything. besides, he’d never asked to stay here this long, and while tommy knew relatively little about the legal system, that felt like something he shouldn’t be held responsible for. but no, it was not a place where you typically had to pay for things and yet, the darkness that had enveloped the hotel had raised in tommy an impulse that was likely rooted in him from the years he spent living with relatively little. darkness is a good cover, and it makes you harder to catch. darkness was a good excuse to take what you needed.
besides, the lack of electricity meant the items in the fridge would go bad soon. tommy was really doing everyone a favor. he sees luc walk in from his position, camped on the floor with his back against the cool glass door. ‘ dude, c’mere. ice cream pints are gonna go all soupy in about thirty minutes. you want one ? ’
