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Levi
I’d been meaning to speak with Alex man-to-man since my return to Brunswick Bay Harbor. Even though I’d seen him at the scene of the bus accident, that hadn’t been the appropriate time to bring up what I had to say.
As he waited for the cafeteria’s automatic coffee machine to fill Claire’s paper cup with decaf, I said, “Hey, man. I know you went through a really rough year while Claire was gone. I hope my parents and extended family didn’t make it any harder on you.”
Even though I wasn’t particularly close to my family, I did feel like their actions in some way represented me. My parents weren’t ones to think logically or veer away from the pack. Much like the livestock on their farm, they followed the herd mentality. I knew from my few conversations with them while I was away
