Suppose he'd said, 'a trooper killed Bobby. She meant everything to
me. We
were to be married. When she died, a part of me died as well.' But he
doesn't say that, or anything like it. And the reason he doesn't is
because
the author is trying to tell us something.
Jenny
Yes, the author is saying, "I'm much better at plotting and writing
clever, snappy dialogue than deeply emotional stuff."