“I don’t know.” She was quiet for several steps. “I’m curious about your life. Why are you in Denver? I know you’re not from here, how did you end up here?”
“Actually, I moved to Denver to go to school. I went to UC Denver.” He looked down the street without really seeing what was in front of him. “This is where Connie wanted to go to school, so where I came too. We stayed after I graduated. I considered leaving after she died but I couldn’t bear to. The idea of leaving all the reminders of her, I couldn’t do it.” He fell quiet for several steps. “That’s not true anymore. It hasn’t been for a while. I just had no reason to go, no motivation to pick up and leave.” They strolled down the sidewalk talking and holding hands.
“It’s so different here.” Alex tilted her head to one side as she l
