NOLAN
"It's like you're still away", "you look depressed", "did something happen there?", Rue bombarded me with these comments and more, angry that whenever she did get to be with me, it was as though I was still away. She felt it was just too "unfair" and I don't think she was wrong.
"I'm okay," I had said to her last night, "it's just work, you know."
She didn't buy it. Not even for a second, she didn't. I could tell she knew it had something to do with where I was coming from. You see, it has been five days since Elvis and I got to this city and I have been a mess. I will keep it real. Elvis, on the other hand, has been very happy, drinking, going out, and telling stories with Rue— yeah, if she had liked him the last time he came, now he was just winning extra points.
Whenever I
