Hi,' I said, and I hugged her. I missed her more now that I actually had her in my arms than when I hadn't.

I was against felonies when a misdemeanor would do.

I couldn't imagine anyone ever reading a book enough to make it look like that. It looked like it had been driven over by a school bus after someone had taken a bath with it.

Sam,' the girl said. 'Sam.' She was the past present and future. I wanted to answer , but I was broken.

"Grace," I said, my vision swirling now because of her blood smeared across my wrists, "Can you hear me?" She nodded then stumbled to her knees. I knelt beside her; her eyes were huge and afraid and my heart was breaking. "I'll come find you, I said. "I promise I'll come find you. Don't forget me. Don't-don't lose yourself."

Why did everything feel like saying good-bye?

I'll cook the water.