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lachlan is reading a book to lark help her fall asleep. The book is her favorite movie Constantine. And he watched it because of her.

I realize now I’m excited every time I see her . The need to push her away has become the desire to pull her closer. I don’t wanna hear her laugh. I need to earn it. Every time I gain a little ground, I want more. I want to break out of the shade and back into her light. Without even realizing it, I’ve been addicted to it. To her

I know this type of marriage, neither of us envision for ourselves. I know this isn’t… Ideal, he says, But if you’re worried about me stepping out on you and breaking our vows, that’s not me. Doesn’t matter if it’s not a normal marriage. If I make a promise to keep that promise.

lark never took the covaci last name, Ethel says, her voice, slow and quiet. She always said she would never leave that piece of her dad, Sam, behind. But she did it for you

your wife just broke her family’s heart, Ethel says. And she did it to save her life.

I haven’t told sloane because I love her. I haven’t told Rowan because I love him. They expect me to be a different person than the one I am. Everyone does. And now I don’t want to disappoint them. I don’t want them to think the worst to me. But you already do. You have from the first moment you laid eyes on me. So what does it matter if I tell you. What does it really gonna change about living with you.

but I feel like something has broken inside me. Like I keep pressing a piano key and no sound comes out.

Lachlan you are so clueless it hurts my brain.

out in this world, it’s like she needs to be everything to everyone, with nothing left for herself at the end of the day -lachlan

And I should want to leave. And I should not want to linger here. Lark would rather be in this mental box alone with her fears in the dark, then sharing the shadows with me. And that’s the best that way. For both of us. -Lachlan