Cougar rifles through his bag and finds a pair of jeans that he slides into after turning his back to Jake, not bothering with underwear. He tugs on a sleeveless t-shirt with frayed edges and dons his hat above curling wet hair, nodding for her to join him. His wrists will look red and raw, but her eye looks blue and Cougar still feels awful for it.

"Come," he says, wrapping his arm around her waist when they arrive at the door, so that when they go out into the world, they're presenting their lie. He yanks his hat off his head and sets it atop her hair. "Until the sunglasses," he says.