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“Don’t let them decide the life you’re going to live. You only get one.”
Eight thousand nerves in the clitoris and still not as sensitive as a white man
not getting his way.” She beamed at me. “I like this new you.”
“Okay, first of all, that pig has a name. It’s Kevin Bacon. It’s rude not to use it.”
“Well, there’s Scape Goat—that’s Chloe’s mom. Chloe’s full name is Chloe Nose Bleat.” I ticked off on my fingers. “The chickens are Mother Clucker and Chick-a-Las Cage, there’s Barack O-Llama, the miniature horse is Al Capony—”
I grinned. “The rabbits are Rabbit Downey Jr. and Obi Bun Kenobi—”
“Grace costs you nothing. My grandma used to say it. She especially liked to say it to herself when I was being a little shit.”
Sometimes what you have to give is enough. Even if it’s a rock instead of a diamond.”
“No. I refuse to have sex with someone who doesn’t have a headboard. I’m not that desperate—yet. My vagina has officially been closed so long I’m afraid a Spirit Halloween is going to move in.”
Fifteen minutes later Doug walked in. He had a ring light. “No.” I shook my head. “I’m not using that shit.” He walked past me into my workshop. “She’s going to show this to her friends. You want to send her a shitty dick pic? That’s what you want?” I followed him over to my workbench. “She’s not showing it to her friends.” “Daniel?” A female voice came out of Doug’s phone on speaker. “It’s Liz. She’s definitely going to show it to her friends.” I threw up my hands. “What the hell?! You called Liz?” He shrugged. “I had to borrow her ring light.” I could hear her laughing, and I pinched the
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It’s amazing how someone can touch you, even if you only know them for a moment in time. How they can change you, alter you indelibly.
Nothing could convince me this woman wasn’t made for me to love. I think my soul recognized hers the second I laid eyes on her.
“I love you,” he whispered. “We are together. This isn’t over. And even if you leave, it won’t be over because you’ll take the love with you and it’ll bring you back.”
Love follows you. It goes where you go. It doesn’t know about social divides or distance or common sense. It doesn’t even stop when the person you love dies. It does what it wants.

