Everyone at this table cares about everyone else—so take five seconds to put yourself in the other person’s position before you hurt someone with your words. Rose lives and breathes and loves words. Whatever negative thing you say is going to cut her a thousand times deeper than you think. So think twice.” Levi’s chest fills, but the inhale seems stilted, and he’s on his feet whipping his long legs over the bench before I can track the action. He mutters, “I’m sorry. Excuse me,” then walks around to the gate at the side of the house, disappearing beyond it.
