The Wish Collector

by Mia Sheridan

"But, Daddy," she’d said, "if I don't let my tears out, won't I drown inside?"

“I believe everyone deserves grace, Clara. What you will have to ask yourself is if you should offer that grace from near or from afar. Offering grace does not mean offering your heart. That, my darlin’, must be protected at all cost.”

“Love makes a place for itself even if there isn’t one, Mama,” she said quietly. “Love carves into the hardest of places.”

“Because I think I’d follow you anywhere, Jonah.”