Chapter 3: Examining the Past
Why he’d even agreed to the game, Owen wasn’t sure. The iced tea had been cold and sweet, and the conversation was too interesting not to stay; but there hadn’t been a damn thing worth watching on Sebastian’s tiny television, and while Sebastian could find his Scrabble board, he couldn’t locate the tiles. So, in an effort to pass time in a way that would be both amusing, and effortless, they’d tossed possibilities back and forth until Sebastian came up with the suggestion of word association. He’d insisted it was “a great way to figure out how each other’s minds worked” and Owen hadn’t thought to question why they needed to know that about each other. It was awkward at first, traditional words being countered with words just as boring, but it didn’t take long
