BOOK 24 Two days had passed since the chaos happened at the game room and I had not heard from Dean. I wanted to call him, but Rachel told me not to pressure him, to leave him his space. And so I did. But the idea not to see him or hear from him made me feel bad, especially after what had happened. That day at work had passed slowly and when I returned home I found Rachel about to leave, “I promised Josh that I would have accompanied him to see a theatrical pièce. Not that I really want to... it’s not really my kind of thing. But for love...” “Yeah,” and I smiled at her. “What are you doing? It’s Saturday! You should go out and have fun...” As if I didn’t hear a single word of what she said, I asked her, “Do you have any news from Dean? I mean... is he fine?” “Yes, I guess. Josh and

