She smiled, tears gathering across her lips, salt on her tongue. “I said I didn’t want to stop because I was having too much fun. I was just being…well, me, being an asshole, but I think that, maybe, I accidentally stumbled on it, I just didn’t realize. Because, Billy, this past week, I haven’t really been dying. I think, maybe, it’s the opposite. I’ve finally been living. And that’s all because of you. You showed me. It’s the best thing anyone’s ever done for me, and I’ll never forget it. And I wanted you to know, that it was all you, before it’s too late.”
