“I know how that is, Thea. I know what it’s like to think life is one thing and for all of that to change in a split second.” My heart hammered against my ribs because there was a fire in Sutton’s gaze—flames of anger and hurt. “But we can’t let one bad experience sour the rest of our lives. We can’t let the bad win. Make us stop living. If we lock ourselves down, we don’t just keep out the bad. We keep out the good, too.”
