Chapter 24-3

There is nothing you couldn't ask me to give, if it meant you would say those words to yourself and mean them. "I know." I managed whatever smile I could, turning my eyes away after that, for the sake of keeping it together. I busied my hands to pull her soup in front of her, biting my tongue, trying to find the Aiden she needs right now. Be the Aiden she needs right now. "And you know what else you'll love? This soup. The waitress recommended it to us last time, and Leo was licking the bowl." Literally. The guy was as high as a kite - if the kite was in space. "and you know how Leo's been lately, not eating anything that hasn't met a fryer or been wrapped in breading. Speaking of, did he tell you how he was banned from the all you can eat buffet at his resort?" As soon as Marley shook her head, her eyes lighting up with interest, I began to explain in excruciating detail, running the five-minute story into the mud, moving onto another as soon as there was no more to say.