Dawn Brown

“I still don’t know what I believe about the afterlife. I hope, and mostly for those I love, that there is a place where nothing is ever left unsaid. That all we suffer to say to those we lose, there’s a place to confess—because I have so much to say.”
― Kate Stewart, The Finish Line

“I close my eyes and mouth the truth. “I love you.” It’s when I open them that I see his raw reaction to my confession. He takes a step forward, his face marred with indecision a second before he snaps our connection and joins Sean in the car. And in the next breath, they disappear. It’s then I know whatever battle they fought to keep me in, they lost. And ‘one day’ may never come.”
― Kate Stewart, Exodus

“That’s one question I can answer,” he whispers, his eyes piercing as he leans in, “yes.” “Yes, what?” “Yes,” he strokes my face. “I’ve been in love.” The words strike hard, and I burst into tears at the sound of them. He grips me in his hold before pressing a brief kiss to my lips and pulling away. “But she went and fell in love with my brother.”
― Kate Stewart, Exodus