“I don’t think you should go after EJ. You’re not ready.” “Why?” he asked softly. “There’s too much Carrie in your letter and your approach. It’s selfish. It’s about your image. It’s not about her.” Will looked crushed. “But I like EJ, a lot. I said a bunch of good things,” he insisted. “But the nice things you said made the awful things sound even worse.” Lily tugged on the ends of his scarf. “You wouldn’t be good to her, not now. Until you can say how you feel in a way that’s all about her, you need to say nothing at all.”
