"I'll figure it out." "Really, Vic? Because you've been sittin' on your ass for the past week, completely useless to me. Hell, Kierra's been askin' about you every time she comes to work." "She's been here?" I mean, I know she was supposed to start work, but I thought after what happened she would have ditched that plan. Isa nods. "I keep tellin' her you want to be left alone. Last night she begged me to come up here so she could talk to you, but I told her you weren't up for it." "I don't want to see anyone. Especially Kierra." I don't tell Isa what I want to say--that it's my fault Kierra's boyfriend is dead. Isa stops and turns to me. "Two of the men I fell in love with died, Vic. You still have to live. Hell, it hurts like a b***h, but I'm doin' it every day." She touches my arm.

