“I wondered what he'd done that had been so terrible that he wouldn't accept even an ounce of kindness from another person. It seemed impossible just then that I could ever hate him more than he hated himself.” — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“He was my anchor in the hurricane, yet at the same time, the hurricane itself, so that I nearly always felt safe and afraid… — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“I love you, Em. I've loved you since I was eight years old, and I'll love you my whole life.” — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“Let's see that wrist." I held it out, and Chase's jaw tightened. "Look at that!" the medic shouted, staring over my shoulder behind us.… — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“I focused on the gun. I would show what him what needed to be done. Like you even know what to do with that,… — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“It was you," I say softly. "It's always you I think about." The intensity in his gaze took my breath away. I could feel… — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“Hope made you infinitely more devastated in the face of disappointment.” — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“I jerked instinctively. I couldn't stay here. I couldn't die in this closet. "No one is going to touch you," Chase murmured into my… — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“Instantly they consumed me, overwhelmed me, like the fact of my love was the only truth I'd ever known. The only truth there was.… — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“Once he'd been an open book and the days had been too short to hold all our words.” — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“Things weren't black and white, but that didn't mean you couldn't pick a side.” — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
“Ember, you're the only piece of me I have left. Everything else-my family, my home, my soul - they're all gone. I don't know… — Kristen Simmons Copy Share Image
