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

by Laekan Zea Kemp

She liked to fill the emptiness, especially when she was nervous, which was all the time. But words were just a side effect, not a remedy.

I caught a glimpse of my reflection. That was always the worst part because I always looked like shit.

That was one of the worst things about being sick. Someone was always waiting on you, which meant disappointing people was inevitable.

dearest Bryn, dream with your heart and the universe will bend at your will.

Still waiting for that road to carry me home, somewhere that actually made sense.

“I think I like dogs.” “What about cats?” He shook his head. “Cats are gross.” “Fish?” “Pointless.” “Birds?” “Annoying.”

“What’s your favorite color?” I said. He scanned the landscape, eyes flitting from the water to the field of sunflowers, then back to me. His eyes roamed my face then grew still. “Green.”

“Your memories. What if he belongs there with them but the present just hasn’t caught up with them yet?”

YES, yes, yessssss

People don’t exist in just the light or the dark. They exist in the contrast. In the shadows where the two overlap.