The Butterfly Garden (The Collector, #1)

by Dot Hutchison

You learn things over time, and that was one of the biggest things I learned about him. He wanted to find more joy in life than he did.

Some wanted the freedom to be anyone they wanted, some of us wanted the freedom to be left alone.

“Some people stay broken. Some pick up the pieces and put them back together with all the sharp edges showing.”

“The carousel’s over now,” he tells her quietly. “This time your family is waiting for you.”