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“It was Rhemann’s voice in his head, Rhemann’s and his friends’ and Neil’s, drowning out his miserable thoughts and excuses with unrelenting force. Jean squeezed his hands until his fingers went numb and willed himself to believe the words as he slowly spoke them into existence: “I deserve to get better.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Golden Raven

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“Repeat after me: I didn’t deserve what they did to me.”
Rhemann didn’t know what he was asking; he didn’t know what this would cost. Panic chewed a line from Jean’s gut to his heart. He couldn’t refuse a coach’s direct order, but he could beg: “Please don’t make me, Coach.”
“I need you to say it and mean it, Jean,” Rhemann said. “Please.”
Please was so uncalled-for Jean could only stare at him, heart hammering louder than his thoughts. He could feel every chain straining, waiting for the words that would rend them powerless at last. He was afraid to open his mouth again lest he get sick, but at length managed a hesitant, “I didn’t deserve—” heavy hands, heavier racquets, dark rooms, darker blood, teeth and knives and drowning, I’m drowning, I’m drowning “—what they did to me.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Golden Raven

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“I got caught,” Jean finally said. “I do not want to talk about it tonight.”
“Okay,” she said, and looped an arm around his waist. “Okay. I’m sorry.”
Jean moved without thinking, pressing a close- mouthed kiss to her temple the way she did whenever she thought he was unraveling. Cat’s arm went so tight around him he felt two vertebrae in his spine pop, but the smile she turned on him was bright.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Golden Raven

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“I’m going to make a dog bowl for Barkbark.” Jean stared at him in disbelief and immediately lost control of his clay. He cracked his knee into the wheel in his hurry to catch it, and he scowled at Jeremy’s helpless laughter.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Golden Raven

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“Kevin watched him work with a distant gaze. “When did you learn how to cook?” he asked.
“Cat is teaching me,” Jean said. He could have left it at that, but after a beat, he admitted, “I like it. It makes everything else go away for a while.”
He’d never hesitated to join Cat in the kitchen, but this was the first time he’d offered such an unguarded opinion of it. The smile that curved Cat’s lips was gentle; the look Laila sent Jean was fond. Kevin studied Jean like he wasn’t quite sure who he was looking at: not with any trepidation, but quietly reevaluating a man he’d known for so many years. For a moment Jeremy felt the history between them and was dizzy; in another he was keenly aware there was too much there for him to ever understand.
Kevin offered Jean a second arepa, waited for Jean to reach for it, and said, “I’m glad.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Golden Raven

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