Jace was staring blankly at nothing in particular, as if the man sitting across from him hadn't just stopped talking in order to have a black out. "I tried to commit suicide because the only friend that I ever cared half a damn about dumped me."

Troy waited.

Jace glanced at him, maybe waiting for him to say something that would cause him to clam up again. But Troy just watched him with interest. "We're both in an online role-play group; you know what that is, ...