“I was under a lot of stress. And his tone, when he was telling me something about some tests we had run, bothered me. So, you know . . . fountain pen.” Dutch started to ask more questions about what Max knew he’d now call “the fountain pen incident,” but she bumped his elbow with her own. She knew that Stevie would never be able to explain her reaction to Dutch’s satisfaction. In those nice, straight lines of everyday storytelling. Her mind didn’t work that way when she had her “moments.” Instead, Max and Charlie tried to keep Stevie out of those situations where she might feel overwhelmed.
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