Darling Venom

by Parker S. Huntington

I’d never met an inanimate object as talented at breaking hearts as a book.

S. E. Hinton and The Outsiders.

My favourite!

They say love is ten percent falling and ninety percent picking yourself back up.

I knew my cheeks were turning a shade of red that would make Clifford jealous.

BRD!

I’d spent pouring over the book after my parents died.

poring

to recuperate what they can

recoup