Justin was supposed to have been his dad's Best Man too. She didn't want to drag that up when it was obvious he was already feeling kicked in the guts over this whole thing. All she could hope was that Justin's parents could see where they tripped up here and learn from it. It sounded like Justin had well and truly pulled the plug, and it might be impossible for them to get him back to a place where he wanted any part of any sort of wedding they planned. She hurt him, because she had seen how excited he had been setting everything in motion when they seemed too busy to manage it themselves. "I can hear how much you're hurting, Smooshie, and I'm sorry. I'm sorry it didn't work out how you were excited it would. And I know you had to have seen that as a crossroads or a turning point. Is there anything I can do to help you, in any way?" She rubbed his arm, listening to him talk about his uncle, and about the friend he lost. He had been holding onto this wedding thing as hope. Now it was just more pain on top of pain. "How well did you know her?"

She nodded. "That's how I have been feeling. You're spot on, you little buttpain. You know more than you let on, don't you? He told me he's thinking of moving here, and you know what? I think I could fall in love with him in a heartbeat. And that scares me, because that means it can all be taken away from me again. All that stuff, it happens to other people. Not me. He's too good to be true, and Fin thinks I'm being an asshole leading him on. Now that I think about it, maybe I have been. But I can't even lie, I got addicted to how special he made me feel."