I couldn't tell her. I couldn't tell anyone. As long as I didn't say it aloud, it wasn't real.

D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Austin... and you. I'll be there soon.

I couldn't tell her. I couldn't tell anyone. As long as I didn't say it aloud, it wasn't real.

Then what are you like, Annabel?" he shot back. "A liar, like you told me that first day? Come on. That was the biggest lie of all.

No," I snapped. "I mean, no. I'm answering. I'm just collecting my response." Another few seconds passed. Is there a time limit for this?" he asked. I shot him a look. "Just wondering.

All those clean, fresh starts had made me forget what it was like, until now, to be messy and honest and out of control. To be real.

But if something was really important, fate made sure it somehow came back to you and gave you another chance.