His mouth twitches, then flattens out again. “My father told me to put her in the ground. And I went over there fully intending to do exactly that. And then she… Well, that’s a different story. But the thing nobody told me that I wish someone had is that, when it’s the right one, everything else goes out the window.”
“You went in the window, if I remember correctly,” I interrupt.
He tightens his grip on me. “Shut up and listen to me, asshole. I’m trying to make a point. The point is, you know right away that things have changed for good. I see the look in your eyes, man; I know that you know it. And you know that you know it.”
“And I know that you know that I know that I know it,” I grumble sarcastically. “Look, Kir, I appreciate the lecture— Well, actually, I don’t, but—”
The elevato
