"Yeah, I know, right?" Alex said with excitement. It was almost comparable to a child on Christmas morning. "And it just put . . . it put so much shit in perspective." He had spent a lot of the summer thinking, something he really needed to do more of. So much of Alex's behavior had come as a reaction or driven by impulse. He would need to work on that actively but at least he was going to try a little more often.
But he felt like he was on the verge of something, and he liked that feeling. Taking steps forward and all. Real steps that didn't involve someone getting fucked over or him screwing himself over again. The funny thing was that he was able to recognize now with greater clarity.
He sat back, "I also . . . I also am gonna testify about something. In court. Papers can't name me by name or anything, but I pretty much shot my music career in the ass. And I think I'm okay with that."