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Raindrops are my only reminder that clouds have a heartbeat. That I have one, too.
It’s like a negligent parent who only knows one half of who you are.
Truth is a jealous, vicious mistress that never ever sleeps, is what I don’t tell him. I’ll never be okay.
I could never forget Adam. But he’s already forgotten me.
squint closer at the man in the chair only to realize his suit has been adorned with tiny colored patches. Military mementos. His last name is etched into the lapel: Warner.
pretty girl.
“Wrong,” he singsongs. He tosses Adam a pair of black gloves.
Only the strong should survive.
I’m in the air. I’m a bag of feathers in his arms and he’s breaking through soldiers crowding around for a glimpse of the commotion and for a moment I don’t want to care that I shouldn’t want this so much.
steal his gun and shoot myself first.
I don’t understand why I still haven’t looked in the mirror, why I’m afraid of what I’ll see, why I’m not sure if I’ll recognize the face that might stare back at me.
The sizes are perfect too perfect.
They’ve been waiting for me.
love.
A shame, really, that such striking looks should be wasted on such a miserable human being. “You and I, Juliette—together? We could be unstoppable.”
Warner shouts to his men before scooping me up into his arms.
“This is my bedroom.”
“Liar.”
He seems to consider that. Nods, just once. “Yes. Most of the time, yes.”
His eyes are such a strange shade of green: bright, crystal clear, piercing in the most alarming way.
he wears a jade ring on his left pinkie finger.
“Everything I do is done on purpose.”
My notebook.
He saved my notebook.
Warner levels his gaze at the gingerbread man.
“You don’t need to scream anymore,” he whispers.
He’s covered in bruises.
Like he wants me.
“You are not allowed to starve yourself to death,” he says. “You don’t eat enough and I need you to be healthy. You are not allowed to commit suicide. You are not allowed to harm yourself. You are too valuable to me.”
“I’m nineteen,
WHATTTT
“I’m a fairly impressive specimen for my age, I know.”
Children are not stupid, was what I wanted to tell her.
know everything about you, love.”
“Touch me.”
“He said he’d gone to school with you so many years ago. He said you probably wouldn’t remember him, that he looks a lot different now than he did back then. He put together a very convincing case.”
Adam knew me when he walked into that cell. He knew exactly who I was.
“I do expect you to hold up your end of the bargain.”
wondered if your eye color meant you saw the world differently. If the world saw you differently as a result.
I haven’t looked in the mirror in 3 years. I’m so scared of what I’ll see.
“There’s very little I wouldn’t do for you.”
Juliette, I’d follow you anywhere. You’re the only good thing left in this world.”
I slam Warner into the corroded stone.
“Don’t you dare shoot her,”
“If any of you hurt her I will shoot you myself,” Warner barks.
“Because I’m in love with you.”
WHAT
He grabs my hands and lifts my arms above my head and pins me against the wall,
Holy smokess
“You could love me, you know.”
I take a deep breath and hope Warner doesn’t realize what just happened.
I hope he doesn’t know he just touched my leg. And nothing happened.
Adam can’t hide his own eagerness.
