He looked at her. "I will miss you, Montana. For the first time in my life, I'll regret leaving someone behind.

The ability to hurt someone is usually in direct proportion to how much that person cares about you.

Where's Lori?" he asked when he saw the nurse wasn't there. "She's not avoiding me, is she?" His grandmother slipped off her glasses, put down her book and stared at him. "Amazingly enough, the whole world doesn't revolve around you, Reid. Lori's sister is sick and Lori took her to the doctor. She'll be back in an hour or so. Can you survive on your own until then, or should I call 9-1-1 for emergency assistance?

Grief manifests differently in different people. We all get through things in our own time.

I think experienced makes me sound like an aging hooker.

I know that's an endorsement I've been waiting for," Skye added. "Perfectly adequate in bed. They should make that into a T-shirt

Trust others to do the right thing. If you can't do that, trust yourself to survive what happens.