[That look, Cassel recognizes it. He knows it from his own face in the mirror, and from seeing lots of times when it was like this but twisted-up and wrong, when it wasn't what it is now. There is no opposite to love, there are only alternate versions of it or its opposite, but this - right now - this is love.]
[He wonders if Slevin realizes all the words his face is saying, if he's given his eyes permission to look so happy, if he understands that he is smiling.]
She's too smart for you.
You love her. [This is not a question. There's never been anything more certain in all of Cassel's life, he thinks - except, maybe, for Chris.]
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[He wonders if Slevin realizes all the words his face is saying, if he's given his eyes permission to look so happy, if he understands that he is smiling.]
She's too smart for you.
You love her. [This is not a question. There's never been anything more certain in all of Cassel's life, he thinks - except, maybe, for Chris.]