Another LHNB teaser

Here's another teaser from the story. Hopefully I'm not giving too much away :):

“I’m okay,” he said slowly, “or at least as okay as I’ll ever get. I’ll never be able to forget, will I?”

“Maybe not. Certainly not if you never do anything to replace those awful memories with some good ones. You can’t spend the rest of your life alone. I can only imagine how difficult it must be for you, but you have to try to make a connection with someone, to let yourself fall in love.”

Abruptly, he shifted h...