It was always about you.
It was never only about you.
"It's your favorite movie, and you're the lead character. You always have been. The camera follows you — has always followed you — through every dimly lit hallway, every kitchen argument, every moment you sat alone in a car in a parking lot wondering how the plot got this complicated."
"A brain that runs at a frequency most equipment wasn't built to measure. Not broken — miscalibrated for a world that moves slower than it does."
"The detective closes the file. Not because the case is solved. Because some cases aren't meant to be solved. Some cases are meant to be driven."
"The driveway. Engine off. The house glows from inside like something patient. He doesn't get out yet. Between the road and the door there is a version of him that belongs to neither — not the driver, not the father. Just the man."