“Reckon he was wrong. I don’t want goodbyes is the sort of thing Luke says, but it’s not what he means.” This was the kind of thing that left Rufus, a straightforward man, hopelessly adrift. “Because he means instead—?” “He means, I’m scared you don’t care, so I’m not giving you a chance to prove it,” Emily said. “He’s that way, Luke. Aunt Sybil says he’s hard to love but it’s not true. What’s hard is making him see it when you do, because he’s already decided you don’t.”
