“That’s really all it is, Gavin,” Malcolm said. “Your wife has a void. A hole. Find it and fill it.” Malcolm’s words were greeted with an uncomfortable silence, like the kind when a middle school teacher accidentally says the word erect in front of twenty twelve-year-old boys. Everyone wants to laugh, but no one is brave enough to do it first. Mack finally came through. “Gavin hasn’t filled Thea’s hole in a while.” “Someday I’m going to hurt you when no one is looking.”
