We ate while we chatted about many different things. When Gab had said ‘go somewhere where no one knew us’ he really meant it. His first option was to actually leave the country. I had to think about that one. And of course the second was to go to a state where we had no relatives or other connections. We could do this. I knew we could. This was the beginning of the rest of our lives. “So mom and dad mentioned that you were pretty much a loner. Is that true? I know there’s no way they could have known everything you were up to or everyone you talked to but why, Gracie?” I sighed, glancing out my window as we drove along. I was pretty pathetic during the years without Gabriel and I didn’t want to blame him. I didn’t want him to blame himself no matter what. “I just like being alone,