The Way I Am Now (The Way I Used to Be, #2)

by Amber Smith

I guess even big, sweet teddy bears like Steve can be assholes sometimes.” “Teddy bears are still bears,”

like a jack-o’-lantern. You know?” “Okay,” he says, nodding. “Like someone drew a face on me and carved it into my skin. Scooped out my insides. Just hollowed out, everything scraped clean. And then lit a fire in me and left me out in the cold.