Chapter 4Ben
I don’t know why it hurt so much to be so out of tune with River. I mean, it was clear we were different, grown-up people now, but still.
Something about how he acted around me made me feel achy on the inside in a way I didn’t recognize.
I’d tried to talk to him, but when he said I brought up some bad memories, I…gave up, I guess. For one, I didn’t want him to feel bad about anything, but I also didn’t want to push him if it brought him pain.
What I did want was for him to talk to me properly, tell me what had happened in the decade or so since we’d last seen each other. Not the polite small talk he’d provided when I’d gone to his room, but a real conversation.
I also wanted to ask if he’d missed me as much as I realized I’d missed him. The kicker was that I hadn’t known
