So while it seemed like you were seeing everything, you really weren't. Just bits and pieces that looked like a whole.

I mean, at first, it was kind of disappointing. But people recover from disappointment. Otherwise we'd all be hanging from nooses. Right?

You're not the kind of person who smiles for nothing, Colie. I have to earn every one.

In Anger Management,' he said,'we had to do all this role-playing stuff. You know, to get used to handling things in a less volatile way.' 'You role-played,' I said, trying to picture this. 'I had to. It was court-ordered.

It doesn't matter, anyway, why you like me. Just that you do.

It wasn’t so much that I was positive. I just wasn’t fully subscribing to such a negative way of thinking anymore.

Just like that, with one phone call, she was a daughter again.