She had thoughts. Theo thought he would probably like to hear them.
If only so he wouldn’t be so alone in dealing with his; if only so he knew better if there was something else he was supposed to be doing here. Was he stupid still to care? Or was he a terrible person for having ended things, letting the distance spread and letting Cash go on alone? It was hard to know, when all you had was turning it over and over in your own head.
And he knew there were things about Cash he still didn’t know, for all his trying. Angie Swan probably did know better. He glanced down the street and back to the pub door and, weird as this was, it felt like a risk worth taking. “Yeah, alright,” Theo agreed, after a beat. “I’ll never say no to a drink.” (If they were going to say any more about Cash there, he was probably going to need one.)
If only so he wouldn’t be so alone in dealing with his; if only so he knew better if there was something else he was supposed to be doing here. Was he stupid still to care? Or was he a terrible person for having ended things, letting the distance spread and letting Cash go on alone? It was hard to know, when all you had was turning it over and over in your own head.
And he knew there were things about Cash he still didn’t know, for all his trying. Angie Swan probably did know better. He glanced down the street and back to the pub door and, weird as this was, it felt like a risk worth taking. “Yeah, alright,” Theo agreed, after a beat. “I’ll never say no to a drink.” (If they were going to say any more about Cash there, he was probably going to need one.)
