I mean, yeah, it's fuckin' rough, but I guess you gotta see it as an opportunity instead of a loss, if that makes sense? Otherwise, you're gonna question every single choice you make, thinkin' about what he woulda wanted instead. We'll never get anythin' done if we go about it that way. This is a real good start.

[ And Julie does get it. She spent the vast majority of her life with options so limited that it was like being told what to do anyway, and there is a simplicity in that. Even making the choice to go to Vegas had been daunting.

When she feels overwhelmed in Abraxas, she makes herself remember that trip. She is the woman who walked a thousand miles over five states to keep her life going, and she can handle anything this backwards-ass world throws at her.

She squints, like she doesn't know if she can really do it. ] For real? You think I could be good at it?