Popular Culture Review Vol. 8, No. 1, February 1997 | Page 27

SU M M E R S w e r e s lo w fin a nci a lly f or th e L e a rys. W e ’d b e e n trying to
d e v e lo p s o m e m o n e y-m a k in g proj e cts with a mutu a l fri end. Bu t t h e s e
w o uld t a k e m or e tim e th a n T i m h a d. T h e rent w a s d u e .
W e tried to a rr a n g e a $ 5 0 0 0 “lo a n ” from mutu a l fri e nds B & C . T h e y
d e clin e d.
JU L Y 3 0 , 1 9 9 1 . B a rb a r a
I w a s o n s a b b a t ic a l a n d re nting B ’s
a rriv e d h o m e e xp e c ting to find a
h o u s e in R e s e d a f or $ 1 0 0 0 a
certifi ed c h e c k . " S o w h a t’s th e
mo n th. Try i n g to b e a frie nd
story with B & C ? ” a s k e d s h e ,
in d e e d to a fri end in n e e d I’d
p e rc h e d in th e d o o rw a y of th e
m a d e T i m a n o f f e r...
of fice. “Did t h e y s e n d th e
IF B approved, I co uld giv e him m y
m o n e y? ”
$ 1 0 0 0 rent m o n e y. H e c o uld
N o, a n d t h e y w e r e n ’t go in g
th e n m a k e a rr a n g e m e n t s with B
to. Ti m a nd I k n e w tha t. O u r
to p a y h e r b a c k . It w a s o nly
m o m e n t a ry d e l a y in r e s p o n din g
$ 1 0 0 0, b u t ...___________________
w a s f atal.
B a rb a r a fl ew into a ra g e. Sl a m m in g d o ors, s cr e a m ing, y e lling,
ra nting a nd r a ving: “I’m tired of y o u [Tim o t h y] brin ging th e s e fuc k ing
mid d l e-cl a s s slim e b a lls [m e ] a ro u n d tha t never m a k e a n y m o n e y.”
“D o n ’t w o rry,” h e s a id, smiling a t m e a n d swingin g a n im a gin ary
golf clu b. “S h e c a lls m e m u c h w ors e fifte en tim e s a d a y.”
‘W h a t ’s th e ir p h o n e n u m b e r? W h a t ’s B & C ’s n u m b e r? " s cr e a m e d
B a rb a r a , r e'e nt ering’ th e ro om.
T i m g a v e h e r the rolod e x
“D a rD a r " : T i m ’s p et n a m e f or his
c a rd: “G o g e t 'e m , D a rD a rl
wif e. I a s k e d Z a c h (B a rb a r a ’s
S h e di a l e d t h e n u m b e r from
s o n, T i m ’s s t e p s o n) w h a t it
th e office p h o n e . B & C ’s a n s w e rin g
m e a n t. H e s a id it w a s sh ort f or
m a c hin e too k th e call.
“D a rling, D a rlin g.”
“B , this is B a rb a r a L e a ry.
Y o u ’v e got a lot of fucking n e rv e ... fuc k off a n d b e f ro z e n.” (B a n d h e r
h u s b a n d C w e r e th e cryo nicis ts w h o ’d int ere st e d T i m in post m ort e m
s u s p e n s i o n .)
“H a , h a , h a ... that a girl, D a rD a rl ” Tim o t h y w a s c h e e ring h e r o n a s
h e f ollow e d his wif e into th e living ro om.
I gr a b b e d m y stuff a n d , w h e n h e gl e e fully re turn e d, told T i m I w a s
l e a ving.