Drinking, that pretty much covered it. Well, he'd gone back to work for Jack after about a week, too. So he made deliveries, then came home and drank himself to sleep.

"I stayed with Jack for a couple of days," he said by way of response. "And I'm still working for him. He's... good. A good boss. A good person."

By all rights, of course, Jack probably should've fired Booker for not showing up. God knew he'd been fired from multiple jobs for similar reasons back home. But he hadn't.