That’s a good hustle,” I told him.

“We both got a little hustle, don’t we?” He pulled on his jacket. “But I like to think we got more heart.

“If I poured all the lies I had told into the Mississippi, the river would rise …”

“How did I get here How did I end up in the arms of a boy I barely knew but knew…”

“I had said too much. He was giving me the look. I hated the look. It was the “Y…”

“Patrick explained that your father is absent. What about your mother, dear?"Mot…”