“Don’t remember there being a rule that only women could bid,” Scratch says. “Maybe you’ll meet a nice boy.” “Oh, fuck off, Scratch,” Joey says when he waggles his eyebrows. Words: 72,532

“I love him very very much,” Joey says, then kind of wants to curl into a ball after saying that. “It is embarrassing,” he adds, because obviously. Words: 81,752 words