Scott seriously considered Sloane's statement. There are worse complications than having a friend who's in love with your wife. . .
"Probably," he conceded. "I'm not sure there are many more complicated complications, if you see my point. If you just love somebody, or just hate them -- well, it's easy to know where you stand with them. Sometimes it seems like those people can drift out of your life fairly easily, and the people you're left with are the ones you're still trying to figure out."
He shook his head. "God, I'm not usually this morose, believe it or not. My -- ahh -- you might have heard this already. My father passed away recently. I've been a little bit off. Even if you think you know how something is going to affect you --" He shook his head. "Enough about me. Did you have something you wanted to ask, or were you just trying to use the library." He pointed at the copy of The Right Stuff. "I can take my book somewhere else." Then he added, unnecessarily, "Dad was a pilot." Change a few sounds in that word, and it would also be true, but that part was much harder to explain.
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"Probably," he conceded. "I'm not sure there are many more complicated complications, if you see my point. If you just love somebody, or just hate them -- well, it's easy to know where you stand with them. Sometimes it seems like those people can drift out of your life fairly easily, and the people you're left with are the ones you're still trying to figure out."
He shook his head. "God, I'm not usually this morose, believe it or not. My -- ahh -- you might have heard this already. My father passed away recently. I've been a little bit off. Even if you think you know how something is going to affect you --" He shook his head. "Enough about me. Did you have something you wanted to ask, or were you just trying to use the library." He pointed at the copy of The Right Stuff. "I can take my book somewhere else." Then he added, unnecessarily, "Dad was a pilot." Change a few sounds in that word, and it would also be true, but that part was much harder to explain.