Summary

Part 2 describes events that take place from December 1979-August 1982. Kellen and Wavy are attached at the hip. As their friendship and trust deepens, Kellen starts to struggle with the definition of their relationship. He gets very drunk on his birthday and visits Wavy. She invites him to stay in her bed, an action he is not sure if he should take. Kellen lies in bed with Wavy, and she tells him that she loves him, a sentiment Kellen quickly returns.

Kellen kills a man on a drug run for Liam in August 1980. He is spooked from his actions. He returns to Powell and is so scared by Wavy’s presence in his home that he draws a gun on Wavy. She has almost no reaction to this. Wavy shows the same lack of surprise when Kellen tells her the truth about why he is...