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Chapter 34

“Time heals all wounds.”

“Time,” I repeated. “Time is what Brad is going to have to serve. I know Brad. I don’t like what he did or who he necessarily is, but I knew him. He’ll serve his time, and I’ll serve it right along with him. Did Superman feel guilty about throwing Lex Luther into solitary?”

“He’s not real.”

I gripped the cell phone even tighter. “I don’t feel real, either.”

“You’re young. This is all new to you. This will get easier.”

Platitudes. That’s all that those were. It would never get easier. I would just grow harder. That was a scary thought to suddenly be thinking. But I was super. How could I not be super? How could I not breathe? It was the same thing.

“I’m glad we caught them,” I said.

“To be honest, I do feel safer. Those kind of people always come back for more. They get angry. They get drunk. They come back.”