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“—but she’s harmless.”
“Then why aren’t you telling her your plan?”
“Because…I love her to pieces, but she’ll come over with booze to ‘help me pack’ and then talk me out of going in the first place. Or I’ll get plastered and miss my flight. Or she’ll want to come with.”
“That’s probably true. But don’t you think the grown-up thing to do is to be honest with her?”
“Baby steps,” I joked, but Silas didn’t crack a smile. “Look, there isn’t much historical evidence that I possess one iota of self-discipline, but that’s the whole point. I want to do this. Be better. For me, for my career, and for whatever future man is out there waiting for me.”
Silas got to his feet. “Then I support you, one hundred percent.”
“You do?”
He pulled me in for a hug. “Of course, I do. You’re amazing, Faith. You can do whatever you set your mind to.”
“Thank you, Si.”
I rested my head against his chest, letting his belief in me seep in.
I was going to need it.
