There is an issue, and the longer it goes unspoken, the more uncomfortable things become. At last, Richard and Ethan take the opposite seat and begin talking about the concert. I told Esther no earlier, but she insisted that we were going. But I am too preoccupied to dispute. I can not quit noticing how much Landon and Sharon are alike. The more I think about it, the more I see that I ought to have pursued Sharon, just as I ought to have pursued Landon. I silently swear to myself that I will do better this time, whatever it takes. Sharon I am not sure if I am escaping Lily, the past, or my feelings. Most likely a mix of the three. Sitting there in what appears to be a scene from Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, I was actually chatting to Lily about f*****g ice cream, and I was using the

