I don"t know how to reach him. Jeremy works hard to shut everyone out. We"d bonded over Claire"s death, but that doesn"t mean anything anymore as we work in the groves. No one will go anywhere near him, afraid of his temper. He"s been lashing out at everyone. There"s an intensity about him that"s frightening. His face seems to be permanently set in a grimace and I don"t know what to do. We had a ceremony for Claire, but he refused to come. To survive in a place like this, you need to be able to come back from heartache rather quickly. I don"t want to belittle what he"s feeling because Claire"s death hit me hard as well, but he can"t shut down. I think I"ve made up my mind. I need to make him talk to me. I know I can help him whether he wants me to or not.
Lately, every day when we get bac
