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“You’re worthy, Cricket. Beyond worthy.”
“I know it hurts, Birdie. And you’ve got a right to that pain. But think how much he must have cut himself when he walked away from you. Now, he’s out there alone, half a world away, with nothing but ghosts to keep him company.”
Whispers in the air all around us. Whispers of him. Of us. Of the past. Of the present. Of forever.
“Sometimes, the world doesn’t have the right to your feelings. It doesn’t mean you’re hiding. Just that some emotions are only for the people you trust most.”
Every time I needed an escape from the craziness of my family. When life hit hard, you were the only person I wanted, the only place I wanted to be. You, more than anything, were home.”
“We don’t have control over that. We can only control how we live until it’s our time. Do you want to spend your time worrying yourself sick? Or do you want to live?”
I circled a finger around Wren’s face. “I hate this.” Wren burst out laughing. “Gee, thanks.”
I can’t change the way my brain has worked for the last ten years overnight. Some demons still get at me. But I’m not going to let them win.
“We can fight them together. We just have to talk it out. Always.”
“Trauma can do that, especially when you don’t have the right support around you afterward. No amount of punishment would ever be enough for her. Because it would never take away her pain.”