Chapter 23: I Can't Make Them Brave

Eli sits at the bar in the wreckage of a public reveal — string lights still on, trophies still out, the woman he loves gone into the dark. Then Dolores sits down beside him, orders tea, and drops the strategic-babbler persona for something cleaner and more devastating. Eleven pairings. Six years. A file. "I can put two people in the same house. I can't make them brave. That part's on you."Close Enough — Book 1 of The Dolores Effect, by Elena Cross.New episodes every Wednesday and Sunday. Follow The Dolores Effect on Spotify.