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“I shouldn’t have brought you here.” “I know.”
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“Why did you?”
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“I needed to be close to you. Watch you sleep, watch you breathing.”
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Guilt in the form of weakness. Guilt in the form of her best friend. My Wonderwall.
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“I like when you touch me like that.”
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“Like what?”
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“Like I’m ...
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My heart shrank. She was mine. She would always be mine. But not everything we were g...
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“You have no idea how hard it is to be in the same room as you and not touch you, hold your hand, tell everyone you’re mine.”
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“That’s my girl.” He looked utterly transfixed as he massaged my clit, and I rode out the waves. “I love watching you come apart. So beautiful.”
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“Every moment with you fucking hurts.” His voice was pure grit, words cracking and breaking. “Every moment without you…hurts so much more.” “You have me, Reed. Take me.”
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Silken petals tickled my fingertips as I removed my hand and outstretched my fingers, peering down at my open-faced palm. A stem of blue morning glories.
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“Well, you failed.”
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“You just had to be so perfect. My white knight. My rescuer. You had to be everything I’ve dreamed about, every wish I’ve made on falling stars and birthday candles and pennies in mall fountains, and you had to make me fall in love with you.” Words spilled out of me, assaulting him like an ambush. “How could I not? It was so damn easy. You made it easy.”
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“Nothing about this is easy.”
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“Falling for you has been the easiest thing I’ve ever done,” I confessed through the anguish. “Everything else? Painful. Torturous. Difficult beyond belief. But loving you…” The anger died out, flatlining to a dead pulse. “Effortless.”
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“Bravery isn’t about comparing yourself to others,” I said gently. “It’s about facing your fears, no matter how big or small they may seem. You’re trying, even though you might fall. And you’re going to get back up again. That’s the bravest thing of all.”
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Do you love me? It’s a yes or no question. It’s an easy answer you can⁠—”
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“Yes.”
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“Yes, Halley, I’m in love with you. I think I proved that when I threw myself under the bus and completely destroyed my relationship with my daughter to protect you. To keep her from hating you,”
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“So, yes…I love you. I love you fiercely, wholly, selfishly and unselfishly, more than I ever fucking should. I love everything about you, from your smile, to your perfect heart, to the way your hair always slips from your ponytail when you’re running or sparring and hides those eyes I’ve been enamored with since the moment I first saw you. I love how you take every picture like it’s the only one you’ll ever take, how you love like it’s simply a way of life, and how you cook from your soul because it makes everyone around you so goddamn happy. I love the strength you pulled from nothing, from ...more
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“Now…tell me how that changes anything.”
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“Go, Halley,”
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“Go with Scotty. Go because I love you. Go because it’ll kill me if you don’t do everything in your power to live a life you won’t regret.”
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“Maybe one day I’ll find love with another man the way I found it with you. I’ll try to take pictures that aren’t all black and white. I’ll swim in the ocean, all while wishing you were on the same side of the waterline with me. I’ll try, Reed,”
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“I promise I’ll try.”
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It was fascinating how beautiful things could look so frightening when you were up close. But then, the very things that frightened you could be beautiful, too. If you looked a little closer.
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“You know what?” Reed spun back around and stalked toward me, scrubbing a hand over his jaw. “Fuck it.”
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“Fuck it?” I blinked, spinning around to face him. “Fuck what?”
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“This. It’s stupid. You’re here, and I’m here, and we hav...
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“I miss...
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“I…miss you...
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“Good. Have dinner with m...
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“If you’re not busy.” “I’m not.” “And if you’re not…”
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“I’m not.”
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“All right.”
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“There’s a little seaside grille in Folly Beach called Rita’s. Meet me at seven.”
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“I-I’ll be there.”
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“This feels like a date, Reed.”
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“It’s just a day.”
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“A really goo...
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“I love Halley because it’s impossible not to. It wasn’t planned. It wasn’t even wanted. It just happened.
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pressed my hands together like a prayer, a desperate petition. “But easy love is overrated. Hard love means you have to fight, and when you’re fighting, it means you have something worth fighting for. And that’s beautiful. That’s everything.”
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“You’re here to save me,”
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“Maybe you’re here to save me.”
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“Dance with me.”
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“I’m in love.”
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“I always knew we had that kind of love,”
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“What kind of love?”
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“The growing old together kind.”