Allie puts everyone else’s needs first, always has, and she’s not going to put mine first. If that means I have to watch from a distance as she lives her life without me, then it fucking sucks, but so be it. I love her enough to let her go.” “The if-you-love-something-set-it-free thing is overrated.” He set the baseball down. “I still think you should have snatched her off the street four weeks ago, thrown her in the truck, and driven straight to Sitka. Off and gone, happily ever after. Dream place? Check. Dream girl? Check. You could have worked your shit out on the road trip.”
