"I also went through his torture with him. Helped nurse him back to health and knew him before you did," Brid said, pleased she seemed to finally be getting to this girl. "I didn't have him long, no. But, I had him more intensely."

She was gonna roll her eyes at how stupid that sounded later but whatever, she'd use it now.

"But yeah, you go ahead and miss people. You see how you feel when Sam flips the hell out when you mention an ex-girlfriend of his. You see how you feel later when you think about him and realize he's home with me right now, getting his comfort there."

She had no shame.