Clarissa

“The boy I loved … My savior. My protector.
He had helped me when he didn’t have to.
He had taken care of me. He had made sure I was warm. Fed. That I had a place to lay my head at night.
Even when he couldn’t keep himself safe, he made sure that I had been. He put me first. Always.
God, I had missed him.”
― A. Meredith Walters, One Day Soon

“We’ll walk on the beach, Imi, and we’ll dance on the sand. Because one day soon, I promise you that all this ugly will become something beautiful.”
…
“I know, Yoss. One day soon”.”
― A. Meredith Walters, One Day Soon

“It feels like I’m falling, Imi,” he breathed. “I’ll catch you,” I promised.”
― A. Meredith Walters, One Day Soon

“And she never knew that in all those years, my soul was always, forever hers.
As my days dwindled into nothing, she was my constant.
She had no idea that everything I was would always revolve around her.
That when things were at their bleakest, she had always been, would always be, my happy life.”
― A. Meredith Walters, One Day Soon