The First Stone
About Bigger?
why does bigger go against his fear of catching a disease from the bottle?
why does bigger go against his fear of catching a disease from the bottle?
Reef and Jink made fun of Bigger's fear that the bottle they'd stolen from a bum carried disease. They shamed him, and he ended up being the first one to drink from the bottle.
By the time they got to The Pit, they'd slowed to a walk, sharing swallows from the bottle they'd snagged earlier off a bum on Wickham. Bigger had been worried they'd catch some kind of disease, but Reef and Jink had laughed at him, called him an old woman, shamed him into taking the first gulp.
The First Stone