“Evie, seriously, you’re gorgeous, brilliant, funny—sure, sometimes I don’t get your jokes, but hey, you try! You love your people fiercely, and you’re one of the toughest, strongest women I’ve ever met—who has a shitty thing and handles it with so many of the adverbs I know you don’t like me using. But dammit, I’m going to because you are. You are strong and handle this with so much grace every day. I thought you didn’t want to get hurt—but this—nope, consider this me putting my foot down.”
