But this, too, wasn’t true. Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so dammed hard.

“I hoped this was true. Even if it wasn‟t, all I could do was hand over what I c…”

“I didn't want to leave things the way we had, unresolved, ... and tried to tell…”

“He glanced over at me. 'Scared? Of Reggie? What, she thinks he might force her …”

“But as i lay there, it only seemes like silence filling my ears. And the thing …”