In a way, I was almost happy to see her. The worst part of me, out in the flesh. Blinking back at me in the dim light, daring me to call her a name other than my own.

“For a second none of us said anything, and I wondered if, in the end, this isho…”

“You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can…”

“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I was just a fool.”

“Okay,' he said. He took a breath. 'What would you do, if you could do anything?…”