Mel and Ellen watched through the window as Jonas got into the car, slammed the door, and sped off. Since the mess in the garden that afternoon, he seemed shaken. The pressure of reality, the uncertainty of his career, the fact that a thoughtless attitude on his part caused Nath to almost get hurt, and the argument with Bruno - whom he considered a brother - made him lose the stability he had been trying to maintain. The truth is that he has always felt overwhelmed by the fact that people have so many expectations of him. He loved acting. It was the only thing he knew how to do. But he wanted the chance to do what any twenty-something guy did: go out, have fun, drink if he felt like it, kiss someone he was attracted to, all without his picture being in the gossip columns all over the count
