a girl with long black hair stepped in . she did n't answer , but he knew he was right . we all three went to school together . he bent down and pulled a map out of the pocket . he was n't that same selfish , mixed-up eighteen-year-old who 'd abandoned his brothers , and though it had taken him too many years to grow up , he finally had . i 'm not blaming how badly things went between us on liquor , but it did n't help . and ... look ... is n't this caviar in the jar ? 