be from all of the rest of the phony people is by how "straight-up" she is. She gets to the point and she doesn't try to squiggle out of the situation. This is proven when she says, "'How come you're not home Wednesday?' 'What?'... 'How come you're not home Wednesday?' She asked me, 'You didn't get kicked out or anything, did you? (164-5)'" She gets right to
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