Releasing 10 (Boys of Tommen, #6)

by Chloe Walsh

For the survivors.

“You are not crazy, sweetheart. Do you hear me? You are perfect just the way you are.”

There’s more to being a father than writing checks.”

Claire was loud and funny, and she made me feel happy. Shannon was quiet and calm and made me feel safe.

“A star is better than a square.”

“Anyone who hurts children is a monster in disguise.”

There would be a million more parties, but there would only ever be one Lizzie Young.

“There’s no such thing as normal, Liz. It doesn’t exist.

Gibsie was the greatest friend a person could have.

Feely and I both knew that friends like Gerard Gibson didn’t come around too often, and I was glad Johnny realized it, too.

He was as innocent as she was.

I didn’t want to be this way anymore. I wanted to get better. To find the girl I used to be and become her once more.

I would be a man. I would be honorable and dependable.

I needed the pain. It was the only thing that tuned out the noise. Because the noise in my head hurt so much more than any physical pain I could endure.

Liz didn’t need tears. She needed strength.