Yeah, no joke. Shit's been rough this past year but I think I've been doing better here. You know here with you.

❪ better, eddie thinks, than he would with anyone else perhaps. besides, he can't deny that there isn't anything still lingering there from everything that came back in derry up until these last few months they've spent together in this place. ❫

I, uh... fuck. I'm just a damn mess though, Rich. I don't know if I could give you what you need.