There were signs. Probably more of them than I ever caught, even after the fact. But I missed them all. Maybe because I wasnโt looking for them. I was too busy checking over my shoulder at the fire Iโd just come through to pay much attention to the thousand-foot cliff looming in front of me.
Gayle FormanThereโs a piece of lead where my heart should beat Doctor said too dangerous to take out Youโd better just leave it be Body grew back around it, a miracle, praise be Now, if only I could get through airport security โbullet
Gayle FormanSometimes we meet people and are so symbiotic with them, it's as if we are one person, with one mind, one destiny
Gayle FormanEven if you find him. Even if he didn't leave you on purpose, he can't possibly live up to the person you've built him into." It's not like the thought hasn't occurred to me. I get that the chances of finding him are small, but the chances of finding him as I remember him are even smaller. But I just keep going back to what my dad always says, about how when you lose something, you have to visualize the last place you had it. And I foundโand then lostโso many things in Paris.
Gayle FormanBut then Mason touches my neck, to the spot on it where the cut from that night has since healed, and I pull away. He was right, after all; it didn't leave a scar, though part of me wishes it had. At least I'd have some evidence, some justification of this permanence. Stains are even worse when you're the only one who can see them.
Gayle Forman