“All right! All right!” Jake said. He closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead. “You’re right. I’m sorry. I’m really, really sorry. I’ll apologize to Molly as soon as she wakes up. And I’ll do better.” He made himself look into Alice’s eyes. “I promise I’ll do better.”
He thought that would mollify her, but instead it only seemed to make Alice angrier. She shook her head, pursing her mouth into a tight moue of disappointment. “You don’t keep your promises, Jake. All that means is that you’ll ‘do better’ until you freak out again or have another one of your little breakdowns or whatever, and then you’ll just go and forget that we’re even here, won’t you?” She looked disgusted with him. “You’re just like Isaac. I couldn’t count on him for anything, either.”
“No wonder he left you,” Jake sna
