It seemed safer to hold it in, where the only one who could judge was me.

“As long as I didn't say it aloud, it wasn't real”

“Okay, so if that's not real, whatis? What counts, to you?"He thought for a seco…”

“He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wonde…”

“What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts…”