The Story of Us (Carnage #1)

by Lesley Jones

“You, Gia, are a flirt. But one day… when you’re old enough, one day it will be our turn. Our time.”

“I’ll love you forever, G. Wherever I am in the world. Whatever I’m doing, it’ll always be you. I’m yours for as long as you want me. For as long as I’m good for you, I’m all yours.”

“Darlin’, do me a favour here. All you ladies in the crowd tonight have gotta appreciate the fact that I’m a one-woman type of bloke and I love my girl. I’ve loved my girl since the very first day I set eyes on her, and back then, she was just a girl. But I’ve had the pleasure these past few years of watching her grow into an absolutely beautiful young woman, and as much as I love touring and playing in front of you lot every night, I’m counting down the days till I’m back in England and in her arms.”

“Georgia Rae Layton, I’ve loved you since the very first day I set eyes on you and your pink polka dot knickers. You are my world. I know we’re young, but I love you, Gia. I want to make beautiful babies with you. I know people are going to be against this, but they don’t know what we know, and they don’t feel what we feel. I want to grow old with you, G, and I want to marry you. Please, would you do me the honour of becoming my wife?”

For the rest of the world, it just the dawning of a new day, but for me, it was the ending of life as I knew it.

“There’s only him. It will always be him. There’s no room for anyone else. Wherever we go with this, you need to understand that my heart is sealed and there’s only him that’s locked inside.”

“They say that home is where the heart is, and mine has never been anywhere other than with you,

One way or another, we were gonna find our way back to each other. One way or another, I was gonna fight and win you back, even if I died doing it."

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“Georgia Rae, I love ya. I’ve loved ya since the day I saw you hanging upside down on the monkey bars, flashing me your pink knickers. You were eleven years old, and you stole my heart from my chest and the breath from my lungs. I only ever feel complete when you're near. You own me, Gia, heart, mind, body, and soul, completely. I love you more than all the stars above, and I will continue to love you even after I die.

“I want you, Kitten. No one has ever wanted anything more than the way I want you. Please, give me a chance. Choose me, let yourself love me enough, let me show you how good it can be. I’ll never hurt you. I’ll never make you doubt me, not for a second.”

“As long as my heart is beating, I’ll react to you.”

“No, I loved you because I couldn’t not. I loved you because it was what I was put on this earth to do.”

Death without dying was the worst kind of death.