follow my voice

“I used to be married,” Arthur says, almost to himself. “I used to have a wife. And now — what I have is a being living inside me who hates me, one I can’t even t—“He cuts himself off with a sharp breath. John’s not quite sure what he means by most of this. Arthur doesn’t sound bitter. He sounds… wondering, as if he’s turning something over. But it still rankles John, how easy it is for Arthur to assume John’s own feelings. It would be simpler, maybe, for both of them, if Arthur was right about the way John feels about him. He isn’t.— After John convinces Arthur to leave Addison, they do — eventually — talk about things.