Beneath the conversations and silences and reconnecting intimacy, I tried to reconcile the adult Hardy had become with the boy I had known and longed for. It troubled me to realize they weren't the same...but of course I wasn't the same either.

“Bitterly I wondered if Hardy was going to overshadow every relationship for the…”

“There is something about you that makes me feel terribly wicked. You make me wa…”

“This is how we court girls in America. We grab them and kiss them. And if they …”

“Love was the secret behind everything...love was what made vineyards grow and f…”