Flawed (Gamer Girls, #1)

by Auryn Hadley

The first tear leaked out. It was always the first one that caused the problem because, after that, the rest knew which way to go.

Everyone knows pain. We are not meant to carry it forever. We were never meant to hold it so closely, so be certain in the belief that what pain belongs to now will belong soon to then. That when someone asks you how was your day, realize that for some of us – it's the only way we know how to say, "Be calm. Loosen your grip, opening each palm, slowly now – let go."

Everyone knew pain, but some lived closer to it than others.