Again, I said, "You’re right." I let out a long breath. "Maybe no one person is enough for any other person. Maybe we have to be enough within ourselves."
"That’s the hardest part."
"Yes."
He turned a tear-streaked face to me. "So how can we help someone else?"
"I guess all we can do is be there for each other, and be clear that we want someone to be enough within themselves. Help them see that we believe they are. That’s what I want for you."
He watched my eyes for several seconds. "That’s what I want for you, too."
I nodded and closed my eyes. I opened them on him and said, "Thank you."
Margot had said that once I was in, I was in all the way. It looked as though Emmett was like this, too. Maybe anyone working their way through recovery is like that. And maybe, in one way or anoth
