That was the dirty secret associated with her past. Not that she'd been abused but that somehow she felt that she deserved it because she'd let it happen. Even now, it shamed her, and there were times when she felt hideously ugly, as though the scars that had been left behind were visible to everyone.

A good man is hard to find," she said wistfully. "Not everyone is as lucky as you are.

I have a crush on your mind, I fell for your personality and your looks are just a big bonus.

Katie smiled and turned away, knowing it wasn't an illusion or a figment of her imagination. She knew what she saw. She knew what she believed.

A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as she finally said the words that numbed my soul. I'm dying, Landon.

I wouldn't go that far. But I know my way around the kitchen. I make dinner every night.

because everybody lies. It's part of living in society .