If You Stayed: A Haunting Second Chance Romance

by Brittainy C. Cherry

That was the problem with falling in love when you were out of love with yourself: even monsters looked appealing then.

I went to hold him because he had no one to hold him through the sad part. Everyone should have somebody to hold them during the sad parts.

Maybe that’s what death did to the people who were still stuck being alive—changed them forever.

I’d never met another man who acted like heaven in public but in the shadows felt so painfully like hell.

“Time doesn’t determine whether a friendship can be missed.”

It was like watching a shining star be burned out in an instant.

“What happened to the first love? Did he break your heart?” “No,” she quickly stated, shaking her head. “I don’t think he could break anyone’s heart if he wanted to. He was one of the good ones. One of the best.” “So, you broke his heart?” “In a way, maybe. But really, life broke both of our hearts. It has a way of taking great things and ruining them.”