Overheard Starbuck

"I don't know how to thank her for everything she's done."
---"Flowers, candy?"
"I'ld have been found dead in a ditch long ago if not for her."
---"Jewelry, a car?"
"I'm such an asshole, I couldn't make her understand."
---"You haven't tried?"
"It never feels like the right time."
---"Tongue-tied and grateful: isn't that a Gram Parson's song? ... Don't wait too long."
"What's weirder is I know I'll never have the opportunity to pay it back--to help her or anyone the way she's helped me."
---"So you're taking all of her generosity with you when you go then?"
"I'm afraid so. ... "
---"Are you crying?"
"Nooo."