“The scratching came from the attic. At night, when Rory turned out the light I would lie awake and wait for it to skit, skit, skit lightly across the floorboards above our heads and down behind the water pipes.” — Kate Chisman Copy Share Image
“I watched you try on suits in Hugo Boss.‘For the big job,’ you said. And I laughed, because I knew I would never see… — Kate Chisman Copy Share Image
“In the dark behind the glare of the television, like a mannequin behind it, I could see a silhouette and it wasn’t moving. It was maybe six foot high with its shoulders hunched and I blinked to make sure it was real. The TV fuzzed grey and white and black and I had a lump in my throat that I… — Kate Chisman Copy Share
“The chandelier was wearing on its rubber support and the crack at the side of the ceiling hold was getting bigger. “One day that’s… — Kate Chisman Copy Share Image
“We ruined each other by being together. We destroyed each other’s dreams.” — Kate Chisman Copy Share Image
“Girls spilled drinks down their dresses and flicked their hair. Wishing anyone, maybe even you, would notice them... You were someone to me.” — Kate Chisman Copy Share Image
“You talked over the tour guide who pointed to houses and windows. Showing us where people had lived and died and other people now… — Kate Chisman Copy Share Image
“The scratching came from the attic. At night, when Rory turned out the light I would lie awake and wait for it to skit,… — Kate Chisman Copy Share Image
“I cried for all of those things that should have just been for us...” — Kate Chisman Copy Share Image
“I turned to him and he reached for my hand. It would have been easier to walk away. But the wind still blew around… — Kate Chisman Copy Share Image
“The diamonds glinted under the glare of the chandelier and they looked like a thousand spider eyes” — Kate Chisman Copy Share Image
