it was the summer of 1960. Charlie had been expelled from Welton academy, Neil was dead, but that didn’t stop Charlie from having a good summer back home. You and Charlie had grown up together and were really close friends. One day in mid July you invited charlie over to your house to hang out while your parents were in Chicago.

you were in your back yard, Charlie was sitting on a plastic chaise lounge with sunglasses on and he was wearing a white shirt with his swim trunks.