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“For what you’ve done to me? I am indifferent to you. For what you’ve done to her? I hate you.
“Use that fancy medical degree and figure it out for yourself.”
Because the very last thing I need in my life is someone who makes me feel like there’s not enough oxygen in my lungs when I’ve only just caught my breath.
I flash my high beams, thinking I can help if she pulls over. I immediately feel like a serial killer.
“You’re not crashing a single thing. This is a family dinner. You’re family. And so, if my math is right, you’re right where you should be.”
Can harvey be my dad?
Word of the day. My life is now Sesame Street, and I am Oscar the Grouch. Pretty sure Elmo just brought me my wine.
And she’s talking about NHL superstar Jasper Gervais. One of my dad’s clients, and the man who is sitting beside her, staring at her like she can shoot rainbows out of her vagina or something.
“That would be cruel because my self-worth is very tangled up in whether people like me. Being well-liked is my best quality.”
“I’m not likeable, Theo. People don’t like me. Not really.”
“People respect me because I’m smart. Or because I’m accomplished. But they don’t like me.”
“Contractual clarity has never made me harder.”
“I can’t wait to see how fucking pretty you look when you come with my name on your lips.”
Me too
That test was positive once. It was the highest high. But it ended in loss, and pain, and the lowest low.
As far as I’m concerned, you and Vivi are a two-for-one deal. I see your connection, how much of yourself you’ve given to her, and I just . . . it reminds me of myself in those early days.”
“As the person who has known him the longest in this life, I’m going to tell you what I know about Theo.” “Okay.” “Theo loves easily. That’s just his nature. But he doesn’t often love hard. He keeps that part of himself, the one that’s seen loss too, locked up tight where it can’t get hurt. But you, girl? He loves you hard.”
