The Chemist

“I just wanted you to know that I don’t regret any of it. I’m grateful for every second I’ve had with you – even the bad ones. I wouldn’t have missed it, Alex, not for anything.”

that choice had killed him just as surely as the bullet in his heart.

It was funny how you didn’t realize how much you had to lose until it was gone.

Kevin had shifted back to his normal self – something in between a serial killer and the world’s most obnoxious big brother.

Sometimes you cling to a mistake simply because it took so long to make.”

She wasn’t sure what to label this emotion that filled her so entirely that she thought it might stretch her skin.

There was no horror. Just the rhythm of her heart and his, speeding without fear.

Goals imply a future.

No one had ever kissed her like this, with time slowing down and her brain stopping and all the electricity…

she felt as if she couldn’t hold him close enough to reassure herself that he was actually alive and safe and here.