The Dead Romantics
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Read between October 7 - October 26, 2024
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and I bought things when I was nervous.
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I needed a drink. No, I needed a book.
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I just regretted being the kind of girl who fell for someone like him in the first place.
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I had a bad day, and by the looks of the new books on the counter, you did, too.”
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I didn’t realize I needed that until this moment. Just quiet art, spoken to quiet people to appreciate. No secrets. No exchange. No expectations.
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A false memory, too good to be true, and I’d been fooling myself for far too long, believing in Grand Romantic Gestures and Happily Ever Afters.
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It was a murder-y stranger, but not of the life kind.
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And his mouth found mine again.
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“Probably wrong choice of words. See you on the other side!”
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Even if he knew I liked it, he wouldn’t have asked.”
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I wish I’d met you sooner when you were alive.” He returned the sad smile. “Me, too.”
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“But we’re still here, and he’ll be with us long after the wind is gone.”
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“Oh, what are we going to do when Carver and Nicki get married? It isn’t quite like I can dance with your father’s corpse.” I nodded seriously. “You don’t have the upper arm strength.” “I couldn’t carry that sort of deadweight!”
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We aren’t a gothic horror novel. We’re a love story.”
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“Imagine how many wishes you could get out of these. At least one is bound to come true.”
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Perhaps in another life.
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To think, he had been there since the beginning. We had passed each other like ships at sea and I never knew.
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“You did say romance was dead.”
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“Aren’t you?”
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I felt a safe sort of certainty that everything was going to be okay. Maybe not right now. Not for a while. But it would be—eventually.
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Now he was standing in front of me and no matter whether he remembered me or not, he was here. The feeling of his hand in mine made me happy in a strange and comforting way.
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