But it was too early to know: there were always more pages to go, more words to be written, before the story was over.

“Okay," he said. He took a breath. "What would you do, if you could do anything?…”

“It’s so easy to get caught up in what people expect of you. Sometimes, you can …”

“The girl in the tight black dress was passing by us now, eyeing Wes and walking…”

“I knew I had to keep him to myself, as I'd slowly begun to keep everything. We …”