Lydia went over and handed him a paper napkin. Conner stared at the napkin as if it were something delivered directly from the moon.

“How wonderful to say whatever you wanted without having to go over it in your m…”

“He believed in dreams, in endings that people told you could never happen, in d…”

“How had love come to this? This twisted dark place. The phone calls, the fear, …”

“Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never …”