Brian lifted his head to look at Katherine for a moment. "An illness is just as bad as a broken family. At least one thing healed, while the other remains broken.." he whispered. Sitting there on the couch, he reached up to touch the Hope Lock on his necklace. "My mother gave this to me before she passed. She called it a Hope Lock which holds all hopes and dreams forever.. It's the only way to remember her after all these years." He let his fingertips touch the lock for a bit. "It's suppose to be a Love Lock actually, but she wants  to call it a Hope lock, because she never wants me to lose hope in life... Love locks are suppose to be put on chain fences and write wishes on them. Couples would normally do this to signify a strong relationship.. But.." he stopped for a bit, lowering his hand from the lock. "I think it's best to keep wishing on hope."<br/><br/>He slowly rose up from the couch, sighing and looking at the clock on the wall, 7:25AM "Well, it's best for me to leave then... I mean, I've got nowhere else to go now that I think about it. But, thanks for feeling concerned about me, it does mean a lot." He looked at her, a small smile on his face even though moments ago he was sad. Brian took her hand and pulled her up from the couch, hugging her for a mere few seconds to a minute, then pulled away. After that, he started to walk out of the room and headed out of the door of the shop. Walking over to his motorcycle, he got on and sat there for a bit, then progressed to putting the key in the ignition and slipping his helmet onto his head.