"You better not try without taking Jan." Jerry tried to bring some humor into the darkness. Jan had said some similar things not long after the assault.

Jerry wanted to be honest and shrugged. "I'm not surprised he hasn't if this is how you react to hearing about what happened." Jerry didn't mean it as an insult, but he could understand how the Swede's outbursts wouldn't help Davy deal with whatever was being dredged up.

Jerry stroked the singer's arm where his was around him. "You're not the reason he reacted that way. He's... fuck.. I can't imagine what he's going through."