The Santangelo home is like a madhouse...she's the only person I know who gets away with calling Santangelo a 'little shit'...sometimes Santangelo says 'I'm fucking out of here' and his mum warns 'don't you dare swear, you little shit'. We wait for a showdown but it tends not to happen and the only two left in a mess are Jessa and me.
'No, I was waiting for the train. The three-forty seven to Yass. And then you come along and you spoke to me and nobody had looked me in the eyes for years. My mum wouldn't. But I remember you that day and you looked at peace with yourself and it made me reconsider everything I had planned to do. Because I thought to myself, you can't do this to her, not after the Hermit thing.'
Raffy and I spend every night in the Prayer Tree with Santangelo and Griggs. Each time we set an agenda...but it never quite happens. We just end up talking about stuff, like the meaning of life or the importance of karaoke choices.
'We passed Yass about half an hour ago.'
I smile. Three years on and we've moved forward, past the town where the Brigadier found us.
'If you weren't driving I'd kiss you senseless,' I tell him.
Her swerves to the side of the road and stops the car abruptly.
'Not driving anymore.'
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I love this book.