The Last Letter

by Rebecca Yarros

“Sometimes you have to leave so you can know what it is you left. You don’t really value something until you’ve lost it.”

I miss you and your letters so damn much. I crave your words more than oxygen.

I’ve never been able to give second chances when it comes to hurting the people I love.

Voicing the concern to someone else meant I couldn’t handle it myself, meant that it was all too real.

It’s okay that you’re not good with people. In my experience, there are very few people worth making the effort for.

But sometimes you don’t need someone to talk back to you. Sometimes we just need a friend to listen, and she’s really good at that.”

You can’t turn away every good thing that comes to you because you’re scared of what might happen, or not happen.

And every time he’d shown up, my heart had done this stupid, crazy leaping move.

“I know you have the best of intentions, but in my experience, guys…don’t always show up.”

it’s not meant to be temporary. It’s supposed to be forever.”

I protect what’s mine.”

Time moved slower when you missed the person you love.

❤️❤️

I’ve missed you every second, so much it hurts to breathe.

We are imperfect people made that way by an imperfect world, and we don’t always get a say in what shapes us.

And no matter the lies, the deception, and everything that had come to light, I loved him.