The Rose Bargain (The Rose Bargain #1)

by Sasha Peyton Smith

I remember everything. I remember everything so much I am being crushed under the weight of it all. If I weren’t so horribly defined by everything I’ve ever loved and lost, maybe I could be the kind of person who moved through life easily.

Remembering is heavy. It lasts so long.

“Have you ever been in love?” I ask in return. I don’t know what makes me say it. He nods slowly, like it pains him. “Just once.” “What did it feel like?” He thinks for a moment, his eyes boring into mine all the while. “Like getting run over by a carriage.”