"I guess," Duke said. "Lucy at least seemed to care what happened to me. None of the other adults ever did. To them I was just that Crocker kid whose mom ran out on him." He let out a soft laugh. (Why does that make you laugh?) "Of course, then there was a dead guy on a beach and an entire morning that went missing and Lucy just. Wasn't around anymore. And Dad was dead and Nathan hated me because I'd been such a dick to him, and I was just. That Crocker kid. Who loved the wrong people and was never loved back."