“Maybe that makes me a selfish asshole, but I can’t help but feel like I was always going to end up here. With you. Even… even if he didn’t die… Knowing what I know now—knowing you, and feeling like I feel when I’m with you…” My voice trails off as I shrug again. “I’ve never felt this way before, for anyone. He and I… we wouldn’t have lasted. I see that now.”