Chapter 113

• ALEX
• We lay together on the rug for a long time, and I realized that I hadn’t felt so close to anyone in, well, probably in forever. The way that Mary-Beth had opened her eyes and looked deep into me right when she was coming had rocked me, deep down in my soul. Something had happened between us that I couldn’t put into words, or even make sense of in my own head. We lay there just breathing together, me on my back, her tucked in under my arm, with her head on my chest.
• My mind tried to give me all the reason why I shouldn’t take things any further. I pushed them all away. My mind could go jump off a cliff. My heart knew what it knew.