" It felt real, seeing his friend like that. It was like a gift. He wasn’t into spiritual bullshit, but damn. "Damn. That Mouse had become his friend was a gift, but a curse as well. If he’d left that whole situation alone, would Mouse — would James — have had a better life? A different outcome? "

― Debra Anastasia , Return to Poughkeepsie (Poughkeepsie Brotherhood, #2)