"Not that long. Told you, I only did it like a few days before Christmas. Before that... I dunno, couldn't have been more than a week."

The ground is sloping more, the lake expanding as they emerge from under the trees. The water is very still, almost glass-like, silent against the bank.

"I was talking to Andrea, saying I had no idea what the fuck to get for you... and then I started thing about what you really wanted." He gives Neil's hand a squeeze. "What I really wanna give you."