You should probably skip my chapters from here on.

You've got a happily ever after. Maybe it's unsatisfying, but it's good enough.

And if you want a happy ending, you should take it while the getting is good, because this book doesn't end at happily ever after. There is an untitled third act. You're reading it. And it's more like a letter. I'll try to keep it brief.

I've written you countless times, deleted nearly everything.

There's so much I wanted to tell you. I don't know where to begin.

I suppose I should begin with Tandy.

To confess, I didn't like Tandy very much at first. She was the reason Jude didn't come to Totally Awesome! that first night and many nights after.

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Jude fell for her hard and fast. Being with her was all he cared about.

Tandy had fiery red hair and a personality to match. She was a force; clever, resourceful, and determined. I admired that. More than anything, she wanted to be free. Her parents stifled her, she told me; that's why she ran away to San Francisco.

Keep in mind Tandy was a teenage girl on the streets. She didn't want a sugar daddy or anyone who thought to control her. I think they fell in love because Tandy was always in control, and Jude was happy to be included.

I didn't like that. I wanted Jude to make decisions for himself, get a job, and help me pay rent. That didn't happen.

Instead, we lived in the Bayview apartment for two months. Neither Jude nor Tandy found work, and I couldn't afford rent forever on my own, so we moved out.

Oliver and I moved in together to a place in West Portal not far from Totally Awesome!

Jude and Tandy went back to Lark Inn and then on the streets.

At some point, they started using shit Jude promised me he would never use.