Even though he had dreams of writing full-time, reality took precedence. Bills were due today, the money in his pockets only stretched so far, and there was no one to catch Alonzo when he fell because everyone he knew was falling too. But now there was Ada, and suddenly, all Alonzo could think about was a future he hadn’t thought possible. A future where maybe he wasn’t always falling, or maybe if he was, she was holding his hand as the bottom fell out from under them. And maybe they crawled back out of rock bottom together. It seemed naïve and embarrassing to want something that made him even
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