Whispers of You (Lost & Found, #1)

by Catherine Cowles

I opened the oven and slid the roasting pan inside. I closed the door and pressed my hand to it as I shut my eyes. “Please, please, please.” Roasted chicken and mashed potatoes were Holt’s favorite meal.

Its giving Lindsey and Dean in Gilmore Girls

Randy’s twisted face flashed in my mind. The anger that had etched itself there after he’d asked me out in the seventh grade, and I’d declined.

THATS WHY HES TRYING TO KILL HER??? Like just take no for an answer!!!

My fingers moved deftly to the console, adjusting the clock to match the correct time. One minute. To some people, it would be nothing. But I knew that lives could be lost in mere seconds. A whole minute was the difference between safety and catastrophe.

Damn

“Don’t leave things left unsaid. Even if you’re scared as hell to say them.”

“It isn’t words she needs from me.” It was atonement. But I couldn’t give Wren anything that would heal the wounds I’d caused for not being there during the one moment she’d needed me the most.

His eyes sparked with intensity. “I love you, Cricket. With everything I have.” Everything in me soared. “I love you, too. I always have.” He grinned, the devastating kind that always took me out at the knees. “We’re gonna have a beautiful life.” He said it with such certainty that I believed every word.

My heart may not be able to take it

Anniversary. They weren’t the only ones to use the word, but I hated it. Anniversaries were for happy things, not darkness like that night.