It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)

by Colleen Hoover

My choice helped me realize that sometimes the hardest decisions a person can make will most likely lead to the best outcomes.

“And what if they don’t have a Lily to save them?” It takes a few seconds for what he says to register. When it does, I don’t smile. I swallow the lump in my throat, hoping he can’t see my internal reaction to that. It’s not the first time he’s mentioned I saved him back then, but every time he says it, I want to argue with him. I didn’t save him. All I did was fall in love with him.

“I have no idea what I’m doing. No parent does. We’re all full of imposter syndrome, winging it every minute of the day.”

There’s this toxic belief that family should stick together simply because they’re family. But the best thing I ever did for myself was walk away from them.

“I can draw a seedling with two tiny branches. Yours and mine. We’ll be on our own brand-new, tiny family tree—one that starts with us.”