“Eric Cameron. No… it couldn’t be. Oh. My. God. “Mattie?” That was why Eric was so familiar to me. I know his freaking name. Mirror Boy had been a foster kid.” — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
“He nods and comes to sit back down, his face serious again. “Are you going to do this a lot?” “Define ‘this.’ I do… — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
“I’m a screwed up mess that no one can ever love, not really. Why did I ever let myself hope I could find a… — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
“Officer Dan..." I start. "Squirt..." He grins while trying to swallow. "I'm trying to be nice," I say, eyes narrowed. "Do you know how… — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
“She used to smile so much, before the drugs. In the end her eyes were dull and lifeless. She looked about ten years older… — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
“I just want my mommy,” she says. “She told me to stay by the swings and I didn’t. I wanted to see the balloons.”… — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
“This boy loved me the way I’d always wanted to be loved, the way I needed to be loved, and he gave his life… — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
“Why can’t I have someone care about me so much the only thing that matters to them is me? I just want someone to… — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
“My eyes stray back to Eric Cameron, a.k.a. Mirror Boy. It might or might not be him. The face is the same shape and… — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
“Mason will run faster than Forest Gump if I tell him I almost got strangled by a ghost.” — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
“I know I’m a mess, have trust issues like no one else, and I’m difficult on the best of days. No one but Dan… — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
“No way do I ever want to try to do anything without my trusty Google search. “So” — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
“Secrets tend to get found out no matter how hard you try to hide them.” — Apryl Baker Copy Share Image
