Claire
When Andy pulled into the small parking lot at the back of Irish Ink, Adrian's car was the first one I noticed. I hadn't seen or spoken to him after finding out about his past. Would he be angry with Andy for exposing his dark history to me? It's now obvious that Adrian doesn't want this shared around; otherwise, he would have told Jupiter and me, himself, at the soccer game last week.
My next dilemma was how to act around him now. The abuse that he endured from his mother was cruel; it's going to be at the forefront of my mind every time I look at him, but I don't want to shower him in pity, not when he's made so much effort to turn his life around. On the other hand, though, I don't want him to think I don't care or acknowledge what he's been through; he's a survivor, breaking
