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“You are. You’re a surly prick, but I can tell you’re listening to me. Most people don’t. Everyone is so involved with their own lives. They listen, but don’t absorb what I’m saying. But you don’t just listen, you hear me.”
Protecting myself doesn’t mean settling.
He kisses me how I know I deserve to be kissed.
Kissing her is a privilege that I’ll never take for granted.
“My God, Little Dalca. I daresay that man has it bad for you.”
Save a horse, ride a cowboy and all that.
But mostly I’m pissed off you’re too big of a pussy to fight for me.”
“Too scared of my brother? Too scared of hurting me? Too scared to work on yourself so that you can be worthy of something good? Fuck you for being such a coward. You said I was yours, and now you’re going to sit there and let me walk out?” She scoffs. “Yeah. Pardon my French but . . . Fuck. You.”
“I want to see the man you can be when you get out from underneath all that shame, all the pain you’ve buried. You deserve a fresh start, Griffin. You deserve to be happy, and I can’t be the only thing that does that for you. I don’t want to be your antidote. I want to be your reason. The reason you put the work in.”
“You’ve got your own mountain that needs climbing. Yeah?” “Yeah.”
“Meet you at the top, Sinclaire?”
“Meet you at the top, Wildflower.”
think in some cases, age is just a way to measure the number of years you spent without the person meant for you.”
“You can grow together but taking the time to prove to yourselves that you can grow on your own is wise.”
“If you want her, you need to be ready for when she comes after you. If she grows, you grow. Don’t let her down by stagnating.”
I pull my phone out and dial. When he answers, I sigh in relief. “Hey, Dad? Do you still have the names of those rehab programs you looked into?”
This shit ends here and now. Because I’ve never had a better reason.
He owes himself so much more than he’s been giving. I wanted that for him so badly that it hurt. I wanted him to know in his bones what I already do—he’s worth it. He’s worth everything.
