Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.

And for one second, it was like I could feel the timing clicking together, finally pieces falling into place.

If you have just one person believe in you, you'll always find your way

Can she be divorced?" I asked. "And famous for her commercials and ideas?" She can be anything," Boo told me, and this is what I remember most, her freckled face so solemn, as if she knew she was the first to tell me. "And so can you.

It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.

You can never be sure of anyone until you're close enough to see them clearly.

When he first put his arms around me, it was tentative, like maybe he expected I'd pull away. When I didn't, he moved in closer, his hands smoothing over my shoulders, and in my mind I saw myself retreating a million times when people tried to do this same thing: my sister or my mother, pulling back and into myself, tucking everything out of sight, where only I knew where to find it. This time, though, I gave in. I let Wes pull me against him, pressing my head against his chest, where I could feel his heart beating, steady and true.