(his word) just sitting there, minding her own business. She wasn’t talking, but more or less relaxing quietly, a look of bashfulness and maybe contemptuousness about her. It was November 1, 2004. “Alive” was how he referred to his first impression of Christine Paolilla as she sat waiting for a 12-step meeting to get under way at a community center near downtown Kerrville, Texas, not far from the halfway house she had been staying at as part of her probation and drug treatment program. Christine hadn’t gone back to summer school and finished her diploma, after all; she spent most of her time trying to stay out of trouble, fighting off what had become an obvious monkey on her back. “She was beautiful,” he added later, referring to the moment he walked into the 12-step room and set eyes on Christine. Right away, they locked glances and “flirted,” an immediate attraction settling on the two of them as they gaped at each other, a coy smile and a bit of chemistry at play. It was a coincidence, he speculated, that they ended up sitting next to each other.
What do You think about Never See Them Again (2012)?
