“Will you get out for a second now?” Violet asks me, drawing my attention back, as she fights to keep the pain out of her expressions. “Violet, let me—” “My leg is healing backwards, so I have to re-break it and turn it back around. It’s going to be painful, and I need just a moment to be weak before I get home and put on a brave face for everyone who needs to see it,” she says very seriously, as her eyes water with unshed tears. “Apparently you need the brave face too, and I just…I just can’t. One minute to be weak, Vance. Please.”
