Chapter 11Now: Loren
Considering how big a change it was adding Koa to the household, very little friction resulted. Annie had to get used to the twin realities of cohabitation and supervision; it wasn’t always comfortable. She was accustomed to having an aide with her for at least part of most days, but it was suddenly a lot more hours, and then Koa was there. Even when he was across the yard in my apartment, he was there. Fortunately, his ability to pick up on when somebody really, really wanted to be left alone was second to none. He’d go for a run, or head to his gym for a while, or occasionally take himself out to dinner alone.
Of course, then Annie felt guilty about it.
“I do too,” I told her. “There are days when I get home and I miss my shitty old apartment where I never talked
