Renee works at the sundae bar in the clubhouse. She fucking hates it. She’s seventeen and all she wants to do is get away. Get away from Putt Putt Bonanza, away from the City of Industry, away from her father, who works at a missile plant during the day and gets drunk in front of the TV every night. Her mother died when she was six. She was in a car wreck on the 110 near Long Beach. Her father never recovered from it. Sometimes, when he thinks he’s alone, Renee hears him crying. Renee doesn’t remember much about her mother, but she never got over it either. She doesn’t cry, she just wants to get away, as far as she can as fast as she can, get away, away.