“I’m sorry,” I say earnestly. “I should have told you about Bostic and his fucking favor, but I didn’t know we would become friends.” It was a shock to me too. “I thought I would let you stay a couple nights and then you’d be gone.” But then she had to ask me to look into her eyes and see if I saw two shits or a fuck. “I didn’t know I would fall in love with you.”

