James leaned forward on the railing, stretching the muscles out in his back. "Are we talking about the photocopier or Pierce. I thought he was going to kiss me when I walked in. He didn't think I was going to rock up. Of course, if I didn't, he would have come around and inserted the photocopier in interesting places."

He nodded, smiling. "I do. And I like seeing Ali happy. I thought I fucked things up for her. Seems she's getting fucked up in her own whole interesting way and does not need my help with it at all," he laughed. "Yeah, I dunno, I was pretty fucked up. It was touch and go. I'll be honest, I wanted to run and hide again. It took a lot of deep soul searching to stick around. Nothing to do with anyone, it was just that mental block kicking in again."