“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 has ever really cared enough to fight through those, or so I’d thought. I grew up… — 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
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