“Hush. Listen now. I need to say a couple of mom things. Listen, because this is important. Eat more- you're getting too skinny. And smile. Oh, and don't believe anyone who says they'll pay you back later; they never do.… — 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 him. Every part of him. His soul was sewn to mine. His heated blood flowed through my veins. I'd thought that I had been close to my mother, and I was, but not like this. Chase… — Kristen Simmons Copy Share
“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. Chase Jennings, I love you. I love the boy you were and the man you've become and even when I don't like you at all I still love you because you are you, kind and safe… — Kristen Simmons Copy Share
“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
