“You really can talk to each other without speaking?”
He nodded, then tapped his forehead. “She’s talking to me now.”
“She is?” Ava breathed. “What’s she saying?”
“That she hurt you, that she did something stupid.”
“Why didn’t she just say that to me?” Ava wailed. “Why present everything I say like I’m in the wrong and she’s right?”
“Because that’s just how she is.” He sighed. “She’s a pain in my ass, but I love her. We get through these things because of this talent we have which means I find out s**t whether she wants me to know or not. It helps me help her. You don’t have that. So you’ll never be close because she won’t open up to you, to anyone, the way she does with me.”
“So what’s the point?”
He shrugged. “There is no point. You stay here and she’ll still drive you insane, but
