fxgment: continued from here.
He is a keen listener, ever interested in the
workings of another human being. (Addend-
um, he has humanity, but not like hers.) J-
ude smiles through the initial swearing and h-
apless accident, taken instead with her wor-
ds. They’re what matters most about a pers-
on, he’s found. And she is fascinating
admirable. A self-made gal with her own wor-
ld crafted in the palms of her hands. He draw-
s lightly on his coffee before he responds.
“ I get it. I had that, too. Findi-
ng yourself stuck in a place that has nothing f-
or you. Except I brutal-brutally forced my w-
ay out as well.” And he means that in every s-
ense she has mentioned, but his mind is his o-
wn enemy when it comes to placing blame.
“Where’d you go? After Vegas?”
He cradles his chin in one hand, the pict-
ure of genuine curiosity. Fingers play round th-
e base of his cup, slender and fickle and blissf-
ully unburnt.