Private - The next day
Eh, the mortal thing is a maybe, it is Miguel that he traded with after all.
I'll be purely honest with you Catherine, I went into avoidance mode, I packed up some shit and didn't sleep in the same place twice, while he was gone. And, this is between us, I tried to kill myself. First with booze, then I sat on one of the empty landing pads with a gun in my hand, until common sense kicked in for both, took longer than I'd like to admit. I just put the bottle down, and started digging in to the meetings. Sometimes it was just me and Jack, but I still went. I'll also admit there's a little transference as far as vices go, Coffee is one of my best friends, and when I feel the urge to reach for a drink, I go workout until I'm too tired to think about lifting a bottle. Because, be honest with yourself, do you really want to forget him?
The meetings help, they really do, or it did for me, made me feel a lot less lonely.
But yeah, I know I'm lucky. I kinda wish Ashley and TK would have come back with him, but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth.