More on this book
Community
Kindle Notes & Highlights
There’s only one way to approach this. Gently. Patiently. Sensitively. Softly-softly. I blow out a breath, laughing at myself. Good God, this is going to be a battle like no other.
“Don’t ever thank me for looking after you, Ava.” I don’t mean to sound affronted, but it’s unavoidable. “You are my wife. It’s what I’ve been put on this earth to do.” She looks up at me, a small frown crossing her forehead, and I find myself holding my breath, waiting for her to tell me she remembers something—remembers me saying that before, because I know for damn sure I have. Or any recollection, no matter how small or insignificant she thinks it is. But when she shakes her head, I realize it’s not coming.
“I once told you that I wanted to look after you forever.” I hold her eyes, never wavering. “I meant it, baby. Forever isn’t over yet. Never will be, not for us. I love you. You are the best part of me, Ava. The greatest part. That can’t be
Ava.” I heave where I stand, feeling like my life’s rapidly escaping my control altogether. “You made my heart start beating again. And now you’re not here anymore and I don’t know if I can go on without you.”
her into me. “Never give up, do you hear me? We have too much to fight for.”
