Chapter Thirty-Six
Christmas came and went, and then New Year’s Day. Sebastian went back to his predictable schedule, leaving and staying away all day, and Lenny went back to staying out of it, except the times Sebastian dragged him along.
It was one of those times that he saw her again. Sebastian had gotten tired of silence and kicked Lenny out of the car, and Lenny shuffled into the nearest building so he could at least wait somewhere warm. It was a movie theater, and the kids behind the counter tried to make him buy something or leave, but he didn’t move and didn’t speak, and they finally told him he could stay as long as he knew he would have to leave before they closed down for the night.
He still didn’t move and didn’t speak, not until someone very close to his shoulder said, “Hey
