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My lips press together. "He talks about it?"

"Nah. But I can tell."

"Do you think he'll ever forgive her?"

"Eventually. But he shouldn't. She doesn't fucking deserve it."

"You think he'd ever love an addict?"

Dean turns to me. Shoots me a cutting look. "No. If it was a friend. Or a girlfriend… No, I don't think he'd stick around."

"Oh."

"Why do you ask?"

Uh… "It's genetic."

He shakes his head. "Sounds like bullshit."

"No—"

"I hope it's not. But it really fucking sounds like it."