Chapter 53 Rain: Full Circle

• The rain started a little after four, and by the time Adrian reached the bridge it had stopped being weather and become a condition. Manhattan ran together on the windshield, gray towers and red brake lights smeared into one long bruise.
• Daniel had offered to drive. Adrian had said no without looking at him. He wanted the wheel under his hands and something to do with his body, because his mind had been circling the same drain for three days.
• Mia was somewhere in Queens, building a life that didn't have him in it. He couldn't stand the thought that she might believe she'd never belonged in his.