Alana runs her thumb across the rim of her steaming mug. "It helps that I don't know him, so I can't attach a face to any worries I would have. You love him, clearly, and his absence hits you harder than it does me. When it comes to worry, all you can do is to put one foot in front of the other despite them. One way to staunch a worry is to get busy. Throw yourself into a previously not explored passion and make yourself too tired to think."