"Yeah," I agreed with a little smile, even though I didn't know most of them. Beverly had been really nice and I was glad I'd met her and that she was living here, too, but it was hard for me to think of any girls besides Sal.

It was hard for me to think of anyone besides her and Charlie. I had to try, though. Eddie was being nice to me, just like a lot of other people had been so far, and since I had to stay here with him, I didn't want him to think I was a jerk.

"Do you steal pillows from the other beds?" I asked, my smile growing a little. "Just when you want extra? We didn't really have pillows either, we used stuff like deerskin blankets. We... we had to make most of them." I hoped that wasn't weird.