“Quinn’s the only guy I know who lives with his fucking gloves off,” he said quietly. “I’m not sure I know what that means,” I said, suddenly tired of all things that weren’t spelled out. “You know the saying ‘the gloves come off,’ when a guy’s ready to throw down for real?” I nodded. “A boxing term. Keeping gloves on means no one gets seriously hurt.” “There’s also a tradition up north that no matter how cold it gets, you take your gloves off to shake hands. So living with his gloves off means he’s not hiding anything, or hiding behind anything. He lives his fucking life out loud, even when
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