That's because you loved me. You just didn't know it yet." "You didn't know it either. You were just as blind as me.

Don't be sorry, Callie,' he says with a heavy-hearted sigh. 'You have your own sad story.

I fall down and my palms split open against the gravel. Injuries on the outside are easy to endure and I get up without hesitation.

I sometimes feel like life is just one big test to see how long we can survive.

Alright, manly man,” he says. “Go prove that you’re a man.

I thought I’d saved Kayden that night at the pool house, but I was wrong. I just bought him time until the next windstorm swept through.

That's because you loved me. You just didn't know it yet." "You didn't know it either. You were just as blind as me.