“I would trust him with my life,” Jeremy said, “but I haven’t had to face the things you have, so I won’t try to convince you. I know you need to get there on your own.” The silence that settled between them wasn’t comfortable, but it was calm, and Jean chased his thoughts in exhausting circles. In the end he only found peace by counting: A cool evening breeze. Rainbows. Open roads. Friends. Fireworks. After a beat he added a tentative, Coach, but that was so repulsive he had to reject it. Tetsuji Moriyama was also a coach, and Jean refused to associate Rhemann and Wymack with that violent
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