Pain hurts, but pain that's so powerful that you can't feel anymore, that's when you start to feel like you're going crazy.
J.A. RedmerskiI say that I'm not into you like that, Camryn, because..," he pauses, searching my face, looking at my lips for a moment as if deciding whether or not he should kiss them again, "...because you're not the girl I could only sleep with once.
J.A. RedmerskiThere is a stark difference between fear and uncertainty, Sarai. You fear nothing but are uncertain of everything.
J.A. RedmerskiYouโre the world to me,โ I whisper onto her lips. โI hope you never forget that.โ โIโll never forget,โ she whispers back.. โBut if I ever do, for whatever reason, I hope youโll always find a way to remind me.โ ...โAlways.
J.A. RedmerskiI donโt want to sleep alone,โ she says gently. And I donโt force her to. Sarai falls fast asleep curled up next to me in my bed. Right where I want her.
J.A. RedmerskiVictor Faust did much more than help me escape a life of abuse and servitude. He changed me. He changed the landscape of my dreams, the dreams I had every day about living ordinarily and free and on my own. He changed the colors on the palette from primary to rainbowโas dark as the colors of that rainbow may be.
J.A. Redmerski