Alisha

“When I looked at her, it was as though everything I’d done wrong beforehand, every negative feeling I had had prior to meeting her, melted away like sugar in hot tea at the end of a bad day.”
― Alisha Dempsey, Stargazer

“Ruby sat quietly, and finally sipped her tea. “I hadn’t considered that Charlie might be upset, too. Does that make me a bad friend?”
“Not at all,” Hugo assured her, putting down his own tea. “It means you just considered your own feelings first. If you need to help yourself before helping someone else, that’s okay.”
― Alisha Dempsey, Stargazer