![]() More than once since Jace had drowned, I wished to God it had been me. ![]() ![]() “You will always remind me of what I lost. We never spoke, but words weren’t needed. When Jace wasn’t around, I’d watched her hungrily, like my last breath depended on it. I hadn’t been able to stop eating her up with my eyes, had been unable to get my fill of her. Not once had I been tempted to give it to anyone else. All these years, I’d lived with a guarded heart. Although I had known I’d lost her, it didn’t hit home until then. The world had fallen out from under me at that moment. For a moment, I’d almost expected her to jump into my arms, but then Jace had walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, grinning up at me like the happiest man on earth. ![]() We’d just stood there and looked at each other. And she was wearing my cousin’s T-shirt, looking like she’d just crawled out of his bed. The girl who had shown me that love really was worth fighting for had stood there, older but more beautiful than I’d remembered. When I had walked up to Jace’s door and Bethy had answered it, it was as if all those years had vanished. ![]()
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