Beneath the Wreckage (Wrecked #5)

by Catherine Cowles

“Friends aren’t always forever. Sometimes, they’re just for a season. Others might fall away, only to come back when you least expect it.

I’ve picked up a few hitchhikers to keep me company and took lots of candy from strangers on the ferry, so I should be good.

but as all the people in my life seemed to be settling down and starting families, I couldn’t help but feel as if I were missing out.

“I don’t imagine many ghosts are happy.”

That was the thing about being the one left behind. You couldn’t help but look for your loved one in the face of every new person you met, scanning everyone you passed on the street, hoping against hope that she’d somehow simply appear again—even if your gut told you she’d never left the island you’d lost her on.

“Maybe you should make a coffee table book. You could call it Zen Wisdom of a Contractor.”

“You know what curiosity did to the cat.” “Good thing I’m not a cat.”

Somewhere along the line, he’d come to mean safety to me.

The world around us could burn, and I wouldn’t give a damn. Just as long as Piper was in my arms.

he slipped his wallet out of his pocket, tossing a condom onto the bed. “Always be prepared.” “Somehow, I’m not sure this is what the Boy Scouts had in mind when they came up with that slogan.” “They should’ve.”

“Life is full of unknowns. But that doesn’t mean you can’t take risks. Make that jump. Because as many things that can go wrong, a million more can go right.”

“It’s not selfish to follow your dreams. If you’re only living for other people, you’ll never be happy.”

“That’s how you know, isn’t it? That you’d walk through fire just for a chance to feel her in your arms.”