““All I could think about was you." Fern was holding back tears and her sorrow made the grief well up inside his own chest. "I was heartbroken for the others...especially Paulie. But all I could think about was you. We didn't know immediately what had happened to you. I promised myself that if you came home I wouldn't be afraid to tell you how I felt. But I'm still afraid. Because I can't make you love me back.””