Lawrence Reese is an ex-con who lives in Meriwether. Lawrence Reese is part of a group of people Milo refers to as freaks, the left over hippies from the sixties. Lawrence is known for his oddities and is a known homosexual. Milo goes to Lawrence for information on Raymond Duffy, who was known to be a friend of Lawrence's, but is unable to convince Lawrence to talk to him at first. Later, however, Lawrence tells Milo how Raymond paid the rent on the house where they lived, but Lawrence threw him out when he began dealing and taking heroin.