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I should have given her my phone nuht in the middle of the hallway, shocked It’s such a mundane, ordinary observation--but that’s what stops me In the context of ive her a phone nuht crept in,that I, too, was ordinary

I have no idea what this erous

At lunch, I tell Ja to the library

"Dude," he says, "libraries are for girls"

There aren’t any new es from Rhiannon, so I write to her instead

Rhiannon,

You’d actually recognize ht help s out, but so far, no luck

I want to see you again

A

There isn’t anything from Nathan, either Oncethere

I find over two thousand results All froelical Christian sites, which have bought Nathan’s devil claims wholesale He is, for the to H-E-double-hockey-sticks

From what I can recall, none of the many versions I heard as a child of "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" spent thatthe emotional state of the boy, especially after the wolf finally showed up I want to knohat Nathan is thinking, if he really believes what he’s saying None of the articles and blogs are any help--he’s saying the sa hi hi hi the real questions in order to ask the sensational ones I open up his last email

You can’t avoid my questions forever I want to knoho you are I want to knohy you do what you do

Tellat least part of the story he’s created? I feel that he’s right--in some way, I can’t avoid his questions forever They will start to dig into ive hiive It will keep hi that he is, indeed, crazy Which is an awful thing to wish upon someone Especially when he’s not crazy

I want to ask Rhiannon what to do But I can i my better self onto her Because I know the answer: Self-preservation isn’t worth it if you can’t live with the self you’re preserving

I am responsible for his situation So he’s become my responsibility