“Did you get notes for me?””No”, Ronan replied,”I thought you were dead in a ditch.”

“Adam’s response was buried in the sound of the first-story door falling open. Noah slouched in. In a wounded tone, he said, “He threw me out the window!”Ronan’s voice sang out from behind his closed door: “You’re already dead!”

“Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable.”