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41 " Truth was, I’d come to realize there were just as many miracles buried beneath the rubble as there were the disasters that had caused them in the first place. For every heart broken, one was mended. For every life lost, there was one to be saved. "
― A.L. Jackson , Follow Me Back (Fight for Me, #2)
42 " The urge to reach out and touch on the beauty and tenderness that swam in his eyes. To discover if it was real. The throb of desire that begged, a whisper in my ear that goaded—just one touch. "
43 " His forehead dropped to mine, and I reached up, wrapping my hands around his wrists, the man still holding me while I clung to him. His breaths mine. My heart reaching for his. "
44 " Both of us going deeper and deeper into that territory where it was so abundantly clear we couldn’t go. "
45 " I HATE HIM, M-A-M-A. HE’S NOT ALLOWED HERE BECAUSE HE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND LOVE. YOU CAN ONLY BE HERE IF YOU LOVE. THAT’S THE RULE. REMEMBER WHEN WE CAME HERE? THIS HOUSE IS L-O-V-E. "
46 " I’d always wondered how many broken hearts one person could endure. Broken hearts meted out by unexpected tragedy. Broken hearts delivered by the ones who were supposed to love them most. True, physical broken hearts that struggled to continue to beat, marred by fate and health and genetic abnormalities. Sometimes, I felt as if I could endure no more. "
47 " I’d allowed myself to love him so freely. Love him so easily. Because I saw so much greatness in him. So much kindness in his giving, bleeding heart. Maybe his heart had been broken one too many times, and he knew he could take no more. "
48 " Then those pieces of my broken heart had been crushed when he’d left me. Because he couldn’t stay through the grief. Because he couldn’t bear any more. Because I’d fallen so hard and I no longer could picture my life without him in it. "
49 " He left me knowing exactly what it is I want. And what scares me most is I see so much of what I want in you, and I’m not sure you see the same in me. "
50 " If that was what you wanted? Me to wrap you and steal you away from here? I’d be a fool to pass up the chance. You’re wound up so tight. I’d spend the entire night undoing you. Time and again. but I would never ask you to do something you aren’t comfortable with. "
51 " This woman had undone me. Unchinked all the armor I hadn’t even realized had been there until it toppled to the ground.An offering at her feet. "
52 " My miracle boy. They say there is no love like a mother’s, and I’d never claim to love my child more than any other mother loved theirs. But what I did know with everything inside me was I couldn’t love mine more. That I’d never know a love greater. He’d been written on me. In me. For me. "
53 " I knew I’d been the one created specifically for his care because I loved him in a way that no one else could. In a way that was ours. Whole and complete. "
54 " Her eyes went wide, and her voice dropped conspiratorially. Like she was getting ready to let me in on a deep, dark secret. “But Daddy told Uncle Ollie they were gonna have to drag your mopey ass over here ’cause yous were gonna ditch us ’cause you been way, way downs in the dumps. "
55 " My bones howled with the warning that I shouldn’t even be there. But my spirit was demanding I stay. "
56 " Yous scared, Uncle Kale? ’Cause Cap’in ’merica is never scared.” She tapped her little finger to her chin like she’d just been struck with an epiphany. “Wait a minute . . . maybe he is scared, and he saves all the people anyway. "
57 " Frankie started hopping across the wooden planks, singing, “Daddys and doctors are so, so brave! They come to save the day! Superhero, superhero, superhero. And I’m Wonder Woman and I’m brave, too! "
58 " I knew my baby would be just fine. That he would grow and love and live. And that the world might see him differently, but he was exactly how he was supposed to be. "
59 " Kale had kissed me in a way I hadn’t ever been kissed before. As if I was beautiful and right and he wanted me more than anything else. With respect. With adoration and desperation. As if maybe I could be everything. "
60 " What I’m afraid of is you leading me down a path I’m not sure I can travel. Because maybe I am the fool who loves too easily. The one who sees the best in people. The one who sees what they deserve. Evan’s dad didn’t leave me jaded. He left me knowing exactly what it is I want. And what scares me most is I see so much of what I want in you, and I’m not sure you see the same in me. "