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“You’re my favorite person in the whole wide world, and I would swap everyone for you. Even Hugh.”
“When they said someone had been saved from the water. I prayed for it to be you.”
promised God I would do all the good things in the world if he brought you back.” I beamed at him. “And he listened.”
“Just stay.” He squeezed my hand. “That helps.”
“What about me?” he whispered as a lone tear trickled down his cheek. “Who’ll keep me safe?”
“I will, silly,”
“I’ll keep you safe,...
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“No, no, don’t go,” he blurted out, snatching up my hand in his. “Okay?”
“I wasn’t going anywhere, silly.” I chuckled, staring down at how his hand made my hand look super tiny. “I would never leave you, Gerard.”
“I can’t lose another person I love.” “You love me?”
“I love you most of all.”
“I don’t see anyone.” His lips tipped up in the smallest of smiles before he added, “Except for you.”
“You’re still holding my hand.”
“Sorry. It’s just…holding your hand makes me feel better.”
“You can hold my hand forever.”
Claire Biggs had a lot of things. My back. My attention. My heart. My soul.
If I could sew this girl to my skin without causing her an ounce of harm, then I would do it in a heartbeat. That’s how vital she was to my life. How essential she was to my existence.
Forgetting Claire wasn’t something I was capable of doing
“Now, come here and snuggle me. You know I hate sleeping without you.”
