Max’s heart was breaking for Darius and the chasm of grief opening up in my chest told me plainly enough that mine was too. I thought about the way I’d been drawn towards Tory tonight, how I hadn’t been able to resist the urge to go to her and how devastated she’d seemed when she apologised to me for letting me come over. She’d been pushed at me too. The stars were already playing their games in payment for her choice.
