A confession

To: Vanessa Gray
From: Neal Cartish
Subject: hey

Vanessa,

How was the concert? Did you see Morrissey's tonsils, like you hoped? Haha, I hope so.

Anyway. I know email is maybe a weird way to do something like this, but I really have started to like you a lot, and I think you kinda like me a little too (hehe). And so there's something about me that you need to know. It doesn't change anything about us, or what we have or anything. Basically, I have SHCD. That's Spontaneous Human Combustion Disorder, in case you weren't familiar with it.

Just to kind of explain, SHCD is