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His thuently "Jao, they recorded the, and I just held onto the tape"

"Why haven’t you changed the batteries yet?"

His voice lowered "I think hearing theain will kill me And I’m already pretty much dead"

"I’m so sorry"

"Not your fault"

"I know, but still, I am sorry But I can’t help but think…if I had a chance to hear Steven’s voice one more time, I would take it"

"Tell me about him," he whispered, which surprised me He didn’t seem the type to care, but any opportunity I could find to talk about Steven, I took I didn’t want to forget hiht we stayed on that porch re He told me all about Jamie and her silly humor, and I invited him into my heart to meet my Steven There were stretches that passed where we didn’t speak, and that seemed perfect too Tristan was broken in all the same places I was shattered, yet even more so because he lost his wife and son No parent should ever have to lose their child; it seemed like such a hideous kind of hell

"So, I have to ask The wand on your pointer finger…what book is that?"

"Harry Potter," he answered matter-of-factly

"Oh I’ve never read those books"

"You’ve never read Harry Potter?" Tristan asked me, his eyes ith concern

I chuckled "I’m sorry, is that some kind of issue?"

He looked at me as bewildered as possible, and he was definitely silently judging me "No, it’s just, you always have a book in your hand, and it’s insane that you’ve never read Harry Potter It was Charlie’s favorite I believe there are two things that exist in the world that everyone should read because they teach you prettyyou need to know about life: the Bible and Harry Potter"

"Really? Those are the only two things?"

"Yup That’s it That’s all you need And well, I haven’t read the Bible, but it’s on my to-do list" He snickered "That’s probably part of the reason I’hed, a part of me came back to life

"I’ve read the Bible, but not Harry Potter, so ive each other the Cliffs Notes versions"

"You’ve read the Bible?"