“You can cry if you want.I’ll pretend I don’t know you."
“And Liam and Rain now…?”
“Liam was in love with her even before.”
“Oh fuck.”
“When Liam came back, she didn’t remember him.But, slowly…”
“The heart knows what the mind denies.”
I nod, my chest tightening.
“Hi, guys, what can I… Oh, but… Jamie!”
“Hi, Alex.”
“What a nice surprise.You came for the coolest band on the planet?”
We both laugh.
“Something like that.”
“And what can I get you?”
“Two pints.What do you say, Doctor?”
“Perfect.”
“Guinness, Harp, Heineken, Thirteen…”
“Harp for me,” the Doctor says.
“Same.”
“They’ll be right there.”
Alex turns and disappears into the crowd.
“And Alex?”he asks right away.
“Mmm?”
“How is she doing?”
“What the hell…?”
“Her face, her eyes… You just have to know how to listen; everything speaks.”
“She has heart disease.”
“Oh, Jesus.”
“I don’t know exactly what it is.Don’t ask me for terms and diagnoses.”
“And she’s fine…?”
“She keeps it under control.”
