If I Stay (If I Stay, #1)

by Gayle Forman

Do you need to get me a gun?”

“If that old nurse is who I think she is, it doesn’t matter if she has it in for you. It’s not up to her. Let’s check in with Mia’s grandparents and then I’ll find out who’s in charge of breaking the rules around here and get you in to see your girl. She needs you now. More than ever.”

And that’s how I know. Teddy. He’s gone, too.

I know that all the magic kisses in the world probably couldn’t have helped him today. But I would do anything to have been able to give him one.

“I just think that funerals are a lot like death itself. You can have your wishes, your plans, but at the end of the day, it’s out of your control.”