If asked, Jack could rattle off a couple pretty good reasons why he trails Robby out of the park that night, and they might even be true, but none of them would be the real one.

Esca is drunk when Marcus finally finds him. He’s sitting on the floor of an empty loft apartment downtown, leaning against the back wall with one knee pulled up to his chest and the other leg sprawled carelessly in front of him. He has a half empty bottle of vodka in one hand, and an entirely empty bottle of wine next to his left foot.