Clio and Patrick had finally gotten Nicholas to the place where he could leave the apartment by himself. He finally trusted himself not to do anything terrible to anyone, though he still tried to avoid being with anyone one on one. He hadn't seen Hannah for weeks, despite her constant texting him.
He just couldn't bring himself to explain why he was avoiding her.
While he walked, he caught sight of a group of people sitting and chatting. He would have kept walking, but he half-recognised one of them. He stared so long trying to figure it out that he was fairly sure she noticed.