Tobey puts the CD on. Then he comes over and hugs me. I lean my head on his chest. 'I want to know everything about you,' he whispers.

FACTS Fact #1 Mean people suck. Fact #2 Bad things happen to good people. Fact #3 Good doesn’t always prevail over evil.

Love isn't logical, or even our choice. Love chooses us. Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.

I want revenge, but I don't want to screw up my karma.

Still hiding and afraid to let go. Waiting for you to find me uncover me and show me the way.

Because my life isn't going to wait around while I figure out how to make it work.

That's the tricky thing about being bonded to someone for life. Blake and his dad are bonded like I'm bonded with Erin. We're irrevocably tied together by history, a history that can never be erased. Even if you want to deny it, even it you want to pretend it never existed, it will always be a part of you. It will always, in some way, define who you are.