Chapter 4: Butter It UpIt was almost four A.M., but here I was, sitting up in bed with a glass of cognac, listening to the audio book Les Misérables on my phone. Because of my severe dyslexia, I’d never been able to read books, and that had always been a huge source of embarrassment for me. Then a few years ago, Derek had set me up with an Audible account and my world had busted right open.
In the book I was listening to, this character named Fantine was thinking of having her teeth ripped out, so she could sell them and send the profit she made to those Thenardier jerks supposedly taking care of her little girl. This whole part of the story was making me emotional and my throat got tight, but then beside me Derek stirred, and I plucked out my earphones, glancing down at him.
He turned t
