Hannah, do you think that your mum and dad and Tate's mum and dad and my mum and dad and Webb and Tate are all together someplace?' she asks earnestly. I look at Hannah, waiting for the answer. And then she smiles. Webb once said that a Narnie smile was a revelation and, at this moment, I need a revelation. And I get one. 'I wonder,' Hannah says.
Melina MarchettaTomโs aunt Georgie spoke to me first, and Tom found me through her. At the time, I didnโt actually think Tom was a big enough character to carry a story. If it had to be anyone from Saving Francesca, I thought, it would be Will Trombal or Tara. But the line in Francesca, โI want to be the first male in the Mackee family to reach 40 and still have a liverโ stuck with me, and in the end, Tom has been one of the biggest surprises. Iโm glad I didnโt kick him out of my head.
Melina MarchettaIt's a weird smile, but it reaches his eyes and I bottle it. And I put it in my ammo pack that's kept right next to my soul and Justine's spirit and Siobhan's hope and Tara's passions. Because if I'm going to wake up one morning and not be able to get out of bed, I'm going to need everything I've got to fight this disease that could be sleeping inside of me.
Melina MarchettaAnd at that moment Jude thought something that he would never forgive himself for. He wished that he had never met any of them.
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