The Life That Mattered (Roe & Evie, #1; Life, #1)

by Jewel E. Ann

“You’re like the sun, Evelyn. No matter how you try to cover it up or hide it, it’s always shining.”

I would always remember how falling in love at any age felt like taking your first steps. Sometimes it happened slowly, and other times it took off. And all you could do was go with the momentum and hope you didn’t fall too hard.

And I’m certain after you witness this catastrophe that is me, you will never get a hard-on for me again.” “I’m going to stick my hard-on in your mouth later, if you don’t stop saying stupid shit like that.”

“It’s too big for words now. Don’t belittle it with a four-letter word. It’s too intangible. Too undefinable. Don’t ever tell me what you can show me.”

Why was it when the important people in our lives needed us the most, that was when our love felt the most empty—most helpless?

“I promise to find you in every life … in every universe.”

That was what we did. We grieved for the living, for those who still felt the pain, for those who would spend the rest of their lives desperately missing the ones who left us behind.