CONTENTS

A Note to the Reader

Part I. The Girl

This Is What I Know

The Girl

Spirit Gone

The Beginning

Homes

Excuse Me, Mr. President

Good Kind

Entry Points

Opioids 101

Inherit

Kind of Man

Rome

Lost Year

Part II. The Drugs

Any Life You Want

Liar Gene

Coming Home

Black Box

Small Town, USA

Ghoul

Drug of Choice

Part III. The Gun

A Fable

The Dog

Promises to the Universe

Lynn, Sponsor

Intervention

Deadly

Belief

The Call

The Messenger

After

Remains

Bargaining

Package

Moth

Pause

Part IV. The Man

Facebook

Psychic

The Man

Letter

Report

Portrait

Let Go

Need

People v. Douglas

The Body

My Heart

Hold Us

Knowing

Acknowledgments

A Note on the Author