It’s amazing what the human heart can endure when you have a will like mine. It’s incredible how you can bounce back like you were, no matter what life throws at you. It’s amazing how many masks I must keep in my back pocket for when one gets smashed into a thousand pieces so I can slide a new one on.

We’re on a plane already, and I’m calm, controlled, and acting like yesterday never happened. Redhead is gone, thank God, and Jake seems like the typical, good old Jake from ...