You've Reached Sam (You've Reached Sam, #1)

by Dustin Thao

Sam asked for only one thing, and that was for us to remember each other. Yet here I am trying so hard to forget.

Tell me why you picked up.” There’s a long silence before he finally answers this. He says, “I wanted to give us a chance to say good-bye.”

Sam wanted to be a musician. He wanted his song to play on the radio someday. He wanted to make it in the world. Now he’ll never get the chance.

I have Sam back. I don’t want to let him go.

We just quietly live in this imaginary world where everything I wish for is still a beautiful possibility.

“It was like when I lost Sam, I lost you, too.”

You want to feel something. Something meaningful, and intense. You want to feel that thing in your heart and stomach. You want to be moved. To care about something, or fall in love, you know? And you want it to feel real. And different. And exciting.”

I wanted to let go of everything but I can’t even let go of this. How am I supposed to let go of Sam?

Sam isn’t here anymore. Maybe he never was.

“You’re wrong about something. You did leave your mark on the world, Sam. You left a mark on me. You changed my

You are my entire world, Julie. And one day, maybe I’ll only be a small piece of yours. I hope you keep that piece.”