All Your Perfects

Content Warning: The Chapter 16 Summary includes an instance of self-harm.

Quinn wakes up to find Graham still in bed next to her. He asks about her dreams—“What’d I miss while you were asleep? Did you dream?” (107). Quinn tells him about her dream and he listens with interest, which charms her. She goes to the bathroom to shower; he opens the door and peeks his head into the shower, but only looks at her face. Graham acts as though this is normal and tells Quinn that she has no food in the house, and then says he’s going out to get breakfast. Quinn finds his confidence attractive: “He’s funny and smart and he comes on way too strong, but it all feels genuine” (109).

Graham returns with many breakfast options, and says they should have sex that night. He tells Quinn that he kept their fortune cookies from the day they met. He explains that he kept them because their lucky numbers matched—they both had the number 8. Quinn realizes that 8 matches the previous day’s date—the date of their reconnection, August 8. She’s astonished, but Graham admits he made up the numbers. Graham’s mother calls, and he tells her that he’s with his girlfriend who he’s been seeing for “a while now” (114).