Deep End

by Ali Hazelwood

I still wouldn’t have a third of her charm, because charisma like hers sprouts from base pairs nestled in chromosomes.

“Confidence is not about being able to do shit, Vandy. Confidence is showing up, and trying, and not giving up because deep in your heart you know who you are and what you’re capable of.”

“Seriously, I’ll make you as smooth as a nineteenth-century brothel’s satin sheets.”