“The Dex Foray special involves two lubed fingers, a lot of tongue and a cigarette for afterwards.”

“I wasn’t Dex Foray. I was just this emotion that was crumbling to the floor, holding onto the doorway like it was the last thread of my humanity.”

“Hello?” Bird’s stoic voice answered. “Hi, Bird?” This is Dex Foray, we met back in Red Fox last October…”“Dex,” he pronounced my name slowly. “I knew it was you.”“Oh,” I said, taken aback. Shit, maybe he was more new agey than I thought. “Could you sense me?”“No, I have caller ID”

“Why are you so pissed off?" he asked, sounding genuinely surprised. Sometimes I wondered if Dex actually had any recollection of 90% of the conversations he was involved with.”

“Hey, kiddo,” Dex whispered. “It’s just me.”

“No matter what happened, he was Dex and I was Perry and that combination only led to trouble.”

“You are always a part of me Dex. You’re every part of me. Always have been. Always will be.”