He turns back to the fountain so his eyes aren't on me anymore, but I think he's still watching. "I'd ask you, you know. If I was allowed. I'd ask you a thousand times until you'd tell me. But you won't let me ask.

“It's been five weeks since she walked out of my door. I started counting the se…”

“I'd sit in a circle and a bunch of people who'd been through as much shit as I …”

“You sure you won't come?' she asks. She always asks when she's going out with D…”

“Josh Bennett laughs, and for one minute, everything is right in the world.”