That’s you. Callie, you’re the only person that’s ever made me feel happy about anything. That night you saved me, you changed something in me—you made me want to live.

I walk out the door with a heavy feeling in my heart as another secret falls on top of it.

You don’t forget. You just move past it. Let go. Be who you were supposed to be instead of who they make you feel like you should be

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.

It hurts to be around life. People don't understand how close death is, right over their shoulders, around the block, at the end of a street. It's everywhere.

There are no accusations with writing, no judgment, no shame, only freedom.

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