It�s only when he�s out of Daphne�s car, false bravado loosely held in his hand and watching her drive away, that he starts to shake. He lights a smoke and takes a deep breath and tries to remember why he�s here -- all the things he wants to say to Brian crowding his brain and there�s too many people and it�s loud and the light hurts his eyes and he just wants to run away.

He decides to run to something instead.