Cash flushed. He looked down at his cards. He did not want to talk to Theo about his father; anything Theo had to say about Lucius was entirely fair, because Lucius was the reason things were over. He didn't look up again until Theo nudged his leg, and then he tried for a smile. "Yeah," Cash said, "So it is."

He took the trick, put another card down. Cash nudged Theo's leg back, with his own — it's okay or I'm sorry or something else that could bridge the hopeless gap between them.