The Girl In Between (The Girl in Between, #1)

by Laekan Zea Kemp

They cut you into pieces with lies and false apologies and those three little words that always manage to gut you in just the right way.

Roman’s? I watched his father’s face in the corner of my eye. He looked tired. Empty. I’d seen that look before, those familiar dark circles. My mom had been wearing them for years. And now, looking at this man who was a stranger, this man who loved Roman

much as I did, I felt just as helpless. Because it was true. No one ever wants a lifetime worth of waiting. You don’t choose that life. You tolerate it. You endure. When you know what it is you’re waiting for, you endure.