22. Thanksgiving
Ben
“You can do this.”
“I know.”
“You’ve done it before.”
“I know.”
“Then why are you having so much trouble?”
I wished I had a good answer for that. “Look, it’s been a while, all right?”
Haley looked at me in the mirror and smiled. “You’ve fought a Splinter deer, beaten a Shard with a tree branch, and broken into the Warehouse to rescue me, and you have a hard time tying a tie?”
“Mankind has never created a more oppressive garment,” I muttered.
Haley did not look amused. “Try wearing women’s clothing sometime. Then we’ll talk.”
“Point,” I said as I untied the knot I’d managed to fumble my way into and went back to square one. Haley smiled again. She wore a nice dress of autumn colors and had her hair tied back with a bow. As usual, she looked beautiful, a fact
