He spent so much time being the charming youth, playing to the body he'd been given, but now suddenly out of his eyes I saw just how much grown-up I was dealing with. I could not fight the ardeur and Nathaniel, not at the same time. I wasn't sure how I knew he hadn't crawled out on his own, but I did. No, it wasn't that.
Can you hear him, too? I asked. I put the barrel of my gun against his head. I would not cry, I would not fucking cry. Shit, I said and started across the room.