Six months later and he still couldn’t get the words right. Neither could she. He watched as the taillights disappeared from view. It had only taken eight hours to descend back into the hell he’d run from.

Except this was a new kind of hell and he had dragged someone else into it.

There were options. He could disappear into the night and take that trip to Australia. He could head west and just keep driving. Maybe Josh could get him a job at Staples.

He walked into Cooper’s, wondering if Karen would stay in Scranton after he told her.