“You’re not the boss of anyone’s life. You can’t make their choices for them and you can’t make them feel something.” “You really believe that?” “It’s a good thing and a bad thing.” Many times I’d hoped I could make Gerald see life differently, before I’d had to accept that he might never change. “You got other people to look out for her? Your friends?” He shook his head slowly. “She seems like a cool kid.”

