I thought you were supposed to be pretending I don’t exist, not irritating me to death.

You never know how much time you'll have.

Now you know," I said lightly, and shrugged. "No one's ever loved anyone as much as I love you.

It never made sense for you to love me.

You really should stay away from me.

Everything in my world was about him. What a silly thing to expect.

I didn't want to be the monster! I didn't want to kill this room full of harmless children! I didn't want to lose everything I'd gained in a lifetime of sacrifice and denial!