Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)

by Emma R. Alban

None of them made an effort to come see them in mourning; they’re fickle friends. But at least Mother has friends here.

Any of them might feel lucky to have her. But she doubts she’ll feel as lucky in return to be had.

This is what it’s supposed to be. This is what it’s supposed to feel like. Swoony and bright and everything.

“Unhappy people are often cruel to avoid the cruelty within.”

The sadness hasn’t lifted, but she feels like she’s back inside her own head now, can feel the rise and fall of her chest and the soft mattress beneath her.