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at me. What I’d give to know if it’s a pout on her face or disgust. That’s what’s so unfair. I can’t mask my emotions, but literally everyone else is a mask to me. That leaves me ever exposed, wearing my reactions on my sleeve.
like pre-fall Riley because more than seeing, I just want to be me again. I’m the one losing his sight, but everyone else seems to be having vision issues. They treat me like I disappeared.
irritated at the moment, the man has one speed for everything—determined. “Fool a trash panda once, shame on you,” he mutters, stuffing a purse into the final garbage bag. “Fool a trash panda twice, shame on your Louis Vuitton
one. Those jade eyes of his laser in on me, commanding all my attention. “Just because he’s not useful like everyone else doesn’t mean that he has nothing left to offer,” he says, no trace of his effervescence to be found. The rise and fall of his chest, the color in his cheekbones, I know deep inside he’s not talking about Larry. How in hell do I say no to that? “Yeah. You’re right.”
advantage.” “Oh, brother. How can he take advantage if he’s
“Please. Straight is just one sexual encounter away from gay.”
with the glitter barista. Why am I annoyed with the glitter barista? The more I think on it, all I can come up with is this is my Harper. He can go get his own.
I think I’ve made a new friend, one that provides something Daniel can’t. Maybe that’s what I really needed all along, someone kind and alone just like me because together, we’re not alone.
Harper, I’d…I’d...ah, fuck. I’d totally cut my
Holy shit, I’ve got it bad. Wow. I…fell for a man?
out of that bar unscathed, but I’m holding it now because it feels right. His hand was meant to be in mine. It makes sense there. I don’t want it to ever stop making sense.
myself, I steal a glance on my mad dash to my room and stop in my tracks. He’s…touching his lips, the lips that just kissed me, the lips that I just kissed. He’s touching our kiss, and he’s…smiling.
my chest, and my eyes grow heavy at a sense of wholeness I’ve never known. Going blind might have been the best thing that ever happened to me. It brought me Harper.
someone so kind and wonderful can have such a low opinion of their worth. “You taught me how to see. I honestly don’t know why God gave me eyes before you came along, because I didn’t use them for a damn thing until I saw you.”
arms, I breathe a breath of relief
when he clings to me just as tightly. “It’s okay. Tell me when it hurts
too much, and I’ll make it better. Please just don’t eve...
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shit out. Within minutes, he’s asleep in my arms, his wrapped around me. It’s dark, but I’m no longer in the dark. I have my light back, and he’s going to be okay.
worst, I wouldn’t stand a chance with you at your best.” And I don’t. I learned the most glorious secret of the universe—what it’s like to truly be in love. It’s a fall that never ends. It’s a plummet where everyone is blind.
and sleeping down the hallway while longing for his arms was a battle. I wanted to return to him whole, even though I knew he would have taken me in pieces.
