The Brightest Sunset (The Darkest Sunrise, #2)

by Aly Martinez

“You don’t love me!” His face crumbled, and his shoulders shook violently. “You love Lucas. And my mom, she just wanted me to replace her dead son, Travis. But my dad—my real dad—he’s the only one who ever wanted me!”

You never needed me to stop the world for you. You simply needed someone to accept you for who you were.

Happiness was a state of mind, not something you had to hold on to for fear you’d never get it back.

Syllables and letters may not be tangible, but they can still destroy your entire life faster than a bullet from a gun.