Before we left town, Antonio pulled into a strip mall and went in to get subs and salads, leaving Clay and me half naked and bleeding in the car, and Cain unconscious in the trunk. No wonder I was anxious to get back to Toronto. Spend too much time around these guys and you become a little too nonchalent about blood-soaked clothes and bodies in the trunk
In the narrative, before departing from town, Antonio makes a stop at a strip mall to pick up subs and salads. Meanwhile, Clay and the narrator are left in a vulnerable state, injured and exposed in the car, while Cain lies unconscious in the trunk. This situation heightens the narrator's anxiety about returning to Toronto.
The scene illustrates a disturbing normalcy in their chaotic lives, where injuries and unconsciousness become commonplace....
