When the girl at the squat got her throat slit, and Jacob got marked, Nix had been in Portland a little under a year. He had just bought a SpongeBob sleeping bag from Goodwill and had started to feel something like safe. But then, a roll or two of dust every other week helped with that.
"When the girl at the squat got her throat slit, and Jacob got marked, Nix had only been in Portland for less than a year. During that time, he had purchased a SpongeBob sleeping bag from Goodwill and was beginning to feel a sense of safety."
"However, this fragile feeling was disrupted by the recurring disturbances, like a dust roll appearing every other week, which kept Nix on edge and prevented...
