“Alex, I want you to be proud of me…and proud to be with me. I want you to be fascinated by me, and by my brain, like you used to be. Enchanted by who I am, captivated by how I see the world, mystified by how someone like me can exist and by how you are the one who gets to hold me in your arms. I want you to be enamored, Alex! Even if it’s not true—I want you to pretend it is…and I want to believe the lie.”
