" This is good and hot." " I remember you used to say that about someone I know." He shakes his head. " Give it up, Scotts. That boat sailed, sank, and got towed." " But..." " No. It ain't going to happen." He sits down next to me and I curl up next to him." Nicky, it's hard being a child of your divorce and probably the reason somebody is dead." Nick raises my head with his hands and looks at me and smiles." Life bites, baby girl." " ...and sucks." Amen. "