Baby, you’ve got enough strength and tenacity to take
down drug dealers. You’ll be fine.


Katie McGarry

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I love you enough to never make you choose.
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It's like I have this large black hole in my brain and it's sucking the life out of me. The answers ...
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I watched you battle against the worst memory of your life and I watched you win. Make no mistake, E...
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I've already lost a piece of my mind. I can't trust you with what's left.
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Once upon a time, my world revolved around you.
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The kiss comes hotter and faster than before. Our lips move quickly, a hunger grows between us that ...
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Isaiah opens my car door and his warm silver eyes smile at me. “Hey.”
I sweep my b...
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“I dream of your smile.” He follows the curve as if he’s an artist. “I’ve tho...
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“Sit with me,” Isaiah says. As I move to rest next to him, he stops me. “Not ther...
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My fingers draw up her back and tangle into her hair. “They’ll never separate us.”
�...
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Fire can destroy, but it can also create-provide warmth, protection.
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There’s a pulse in my body, vibrating every pressure point. “I like kissing you.”
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I lick my lips as his teeth nibble on my earlobe. Between my muscles melting under his touch, my blo...
KATIE MCGARRY
Isaiah grabs my hand and leads me away from the police...My heart stutters. He's holding my hand. A ...
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The entire room turns and stares. There’s no doubt what they see—ripped jeans, a black T-shirt, ...
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“Here’s my number. I almost forgot to give it to you.”
I swallow as I stare at t...
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“People don’t attach themselves to me, Rachel.”
She kisses my shoulder, and a sh...
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An hour ago, I never would have thought that someone like him could be my savior, but he is. What ty...
KATIE MCGARRY
Isaiah runs his hand through my hair, and every cell in my body vibrates with the gentle pull. �...
KATIE MCGARRY
She fastens her other hand securely on my wrist, and moves so that she's behind me. Good job, angel....
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“Rachel...you need help.”
I laugh and it’s the same bitter laugh I remember him ...
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Being born into the world is the greatest crapshoot there is.
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I think I'm falling for you, too, and it terrifies me.
KATIE MCGARRY
I don't want to feel anymore. Feelings hurt too damn much
KATIE MCGARRY
I’m done making this family happy.
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This is who I am. Accept it or not. The tattoos won't wash off, the earrings will never change. I am...
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What people project to the world never shows what's lurking on the inside
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I’m still not good enough for a girl like her, but she’s back in my life and she needs someone t...
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I’m sorry I’m slow.”
He brushes my hair over my shoulder. “You’re not slow.”
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The way she curls in my arms makes me feel like I’m the hero. I like being her hero. I like the wa...
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Fuck me. God does exist and he sent an angel in a white Mustang to prove it.
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Noah and I—we’re brothers despite not sharing blood, and Echo became my sister the day she put a...
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The first moment I saw him, the night people clamored over each other to step out of his way, I was ...
KATIE MCGARRY
One day I’ll get a tattoo for you.”
Warmth explodes in my chest, in awe that he would mark ...
KATIE MCGARRY
This is who I am, Rachel . Accept it or not. The tattoos won’t wash off. The earrings will never c...
KATIE MCGARRY
Maybe this is what happens when you fall in love. On the outside a lighter is nothing amazing, but i...
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I don’t want to be without you. I like who I am with you, and I don’t want to go back to who I w...
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I can’t give you the world, Rachel, but I’ll give you all I got.
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Ladies first.” I couldn’t wait for this game to be over so I could teach her how to break proper...
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Have you thought of doing it? Being a cattle farmer? If that's what it's called? I think we should d...
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Depth perception and beer obviously weren't related.
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Ashley brightened and pressed a hand to her bell...
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Cyrus may have been voted in by the members as president, but everyone knows that Eli is the chief o...
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Eli motions for me to sit on the couch. I do and Cyrus settles into his recliner as Eli pulls a wood...
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None of us liked you being AWOL.” Eli strolls into the house and pats my shoulder as he walks past...
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Eli bought the flat-screen television and sectional couch for Olivia, his mother, after his stint in...
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Pigpen warned us that the detective fucked you up." Eli says.
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The guys from the board are at a smaller bonfire near the tree line. They’re laughing. Talking shi...
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Eli abruptly stands. His chair rocks, then hits the floor. “It means Mom’s mental stability was ...
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Without a word to anyone, Eli and Cyrus straddle their bikes and strap on their helmets. That one ac...
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She’s my daughter. The only one I have and the only child I’ll ever have. I see the fear in her ...
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I don’t know what love is very well either, but I hope it feels like this
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Noah rests both of his hands below my butt, and before I can move closer to him, he lifts me and pro...
KATIE MCGARRY
Why is it when people are proud of me that my life sucks?”
“Because growing up means making...
KATIE MCGARRY
Did you forget the dressing room at the mall?”
Forget? I have wet dreams involving that day. ...
KATIE MCGARRY
From the driver’s side, one of Echo’s jean-clad legs dangled.
“I’ve got a hard-on j...
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If you’re looking for fast driving there’s a dragway in the southwestern part of the county. It ...
KATIE MCGARRY
Hand off my ass or I'll rip off your balls.
KATIE MCGARRY
“I’m destined to die a virgin.” My own admission shocked me. Had those words left my ...
KATIE MCGARRY
He sauntered to the counter. “What can I do for you?”
The red bandana he wore held...
KATIE MCGARRY
Wait." I began to pull off his jacket. "You forgot this."
"Keep it," he said without looking ba...
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Noah?"
A welcome voice - not my mother's, but welcome all the same: Echo. A smile spread across...
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Noah drew me closer to him. "It's okay. I've got you.
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The pure menace radiating from my younger sister is undeniable. She can hate me, but I need her to k...
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Noah held my hair away from my face.
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Perché crescere significa prendere decisioni difficili, e non è sempre piacevole fare la cosa gius...
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Alexander shifted in my arms. God, he was so small, and from the giddy looks on my father's and Ashl...
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The worst kind of crying wasn't the kind everyone could see- the wailing on street corners, the tear...
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Echo placed the expertly folded blanket back on the couch and smoothed it several times, insisting o...
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Guilt nagged at me. She didn't technically ask me a question, so in theory, I didn't owe her a respo...
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So, Noah, Echo’s the coat girl.” I had a nickname? Noah chuckled. “Yeah.” “Echo, is your f...
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Champagne hangovers suck.
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Because they’re wet, Noah’s jeans are a bit stubborn sliding down, but he’s successful, and in...
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Will we have pets?” I bite back the question regarding kids. While this might be a fun fantasy, im...
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I know how much I love Echo. After what we’ve done...my heart aches...I f*cking worship her now.
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I grab on to her wrists, pull them away from her face and kiss her lips, lips that can’t kiss me b...
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Noah sits up, and when I try to duck out of reach, he advances like a tiger and flips me so that I�...
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Who’s winning?”
“I don’t have a f*cking clue nor do I f*cking care.”
Echo’s he...
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His eyes spark as his gaze dips to my cleavage, and this gives me courage. I shift forward and slip ...
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Someday me and her, we’ll come back here. Maybe she’ll be an artist. Maybe she won’t. Maybe I�...
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Echo’s eyes plead with me as she waits for an answer.
Stay with me.
Not here.
Not w...
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I close my eyes at his intimate touch. It’s a slow movement, not one meant to seduce. It’s one t...
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Noah’s hands ease down my arms, then he folds me into him. His front heating my back. He dips his ...
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Just a shower. If you want me to stay on the opposite side, I will. I won’t kiss. I won’t touch....
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She’s leaving me!”
“Leaving? She’s been waiting for you to get your shit together.” KATIE MCGARRY
My body screams to stride over to her, wrap my arms around her waist, kiss her until she’s drunk o...
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Arms around my waist and Pigpen has me in the air.
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Violet moves, a readjustment, and I expect her to pull away. But instead, she leans further into me,...
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Smiled.
The type of smile that men drive all night in a blinding rainstorm on their bike to s...
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It wouldn't be fair to Chevy, and it wouldn't be fair to me. The love I had for him was consuming an...
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Thank you Jonah."
He lowers his head at the break in my voice. I ignore the moisture in his e...
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I'm cold and clammy and hot at the same time, yet I'm free.
I lift my head and the autumn bree...
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But there is one person who expected the unexpected from me and the only time I noticed disappointme...
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I kiss him. My mouth on his. Without fear. Without thought. All of my emotions, my love, my trust, w...
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Anyone who ever makes you the slightest bit uncomfortable, Breanna, you tell one of us. You're with ...
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I'd like to somehow find the courage to be on the outside who I am on the inside.
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My best friend has warned me to stay away. Violet, a girl raised by the Terror, has warned me to sta...
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I agree. I don't understand how a guy everyone is terrified of makes me feel safe. I don't understan...
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The most dangerous guy at my school-the lone person who makes me feel safe-is reveling in the way I ...
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I'm Breanna Miller. The smart girl. The quiet girl. The one who belongs to a large family. I'm Brean...
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She's my girl now and I'll do anything for her at any time. I'm in love with her.
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Oddly enough, I feel the most alone when I'm in a room full of people.
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You know a lot about math," I said. You know a lot about math? What type of statement was that? Righ...
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My fingers lightly trace her arm and I swear she presses closer to me. I'd love to kiss her right no...
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Because the only way anyone will ever be okay with me is if they love me. Really love me enough to n...
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Just like she’d said, she’d gone back to her life and, in theory, I’d gone back to mine. Probl...
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Quiet anger frightens me. The drunks, the idiots, the ones that rage easily - them I can handle. I k...
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Isaiah opens the door to the bathroom, and steam pours out. He sports a pair of jeans and no shirt.<...
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Beth’s voice broke. “I can’t lose you guys.” And there it was. She sat here bleedin...
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Get in or you’ll miss the fun.”
Fun? I slid into the seat. The engine purred to life. She f...
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I lower my chin to smell the shirt again. I want to wear this forever, without washing it. His dark,...
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He has a wide gait and I struggle to appear casual as I attempt to match his stride. His shirt’s b...
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we were nothing more than actions to reactions - helpless against our own fate. It's true. I react a...
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Touching Echo felt like home.
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Fuck me and the rest of the world, i was in love- Noah
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I added a fucked-up thought to another fucked-up thought and I created a pile of shit.
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Mrs Collins brushed past me. My mind remained blank as i watched her walk down the hallway. For the ...
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Ashley waddled back into the room and dropped into the seat next to me. "What did i miss?" I'd hones...
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This girl owned my soul and stole my heart. She'd opened her self to me, giving me love and never as...
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A ghost of that siren smile graced her lips as she tilted her head closer to mine, creating the unde...
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It had been so long since i'd let myself fall for anybody.
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Look, man, I get it. We don't do attachments. We depend on something or someone and the system rips ...
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She'd come home with me to act as my barrier for Family Friday-or as i liked to refer it, Dinner for...
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She launched herself at me. I closed my eyes the moment her arms slipped around my neck. I slid my h...
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She had exposed her hands while she tutored me. Shit. I'd forgotten about her scars. Hell, she'd for...
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“How many girls do you kiss against cars?” asked Echo in a clipped manner.
My mout...
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