Maddie stubbed out her cigarette (which had mostly gone to ash anyway) and tossed it overboard. "Honey, sounds like to me you can't see the forest for the damned trees," she told him. "Y'all got each other and when the world's gone to shit like this, that should be something you're thankful for. Celebrate what you got and don't beat yourself up over what you may not have. The nevers and maybes, that's what kill people and relationships. So don't or I will smack you."