[Parker would have flinched if it had almost anyone else. There were three people whom she trusted to touch her right now, and Paddy definitely was one of them. She spun to look at him when he said that she needed to talk to Laura.]

I don't know if I can. Honestly, this is just so fucking new to me...

[She touched the corner of her lip where the ghost in the form of her father had split it, and a part of her felt that she could still feel it there.]