Even When I'm Gone (Stay with Me, #2)
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Read between August 5 - August 6, 2024
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Did she hate me? Did she forget about me? Did she ever want to see me again after I all-knowingly pushed her away? It wasn’t me that day.
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“I’m scared to close my eyes because every damn time, all I see is you, and when I open them, you’re not there! You were gone!”
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“I love you, Mia,” I grabbed her face and waited for her eyes to open to see this is real, “I’ll always love you.”
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“The cruel irony is you are my forever but not my right now.” —Oliver Masters
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“I never told you this before, but it took me two weeks to color coordinate these books. The first time I saw you reading in the mess hall, every spare second I had was in here, creating this space for you, trying to impress you.”
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“This space was never mine, Mia. I mean, yeah, I found it. I was here first. This used to be my safe haven. But I created this space for you to run away to, to feel safe because that’s what you are to me. You’re my safe place.”
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“I’m not going to make you remember me, Mia. I’m going to make it where you can’t remember anything else.”
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“I love you, Ollie.”
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“And I’m going to love you through this—”
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“You just have to hold on,”
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You’re Mia and Ollie. Never broken, only bent.
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“I’ll show you. Please, wait for me. Just stay with me, Mia.”
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I couldn’t blame him. I would have done the same. If anyone understood what falling in love with her was like, it would be me.