Cass

“Yeah, they haven’t hand dug graves in years. I just thought it would be fun.” “I’m going to kill you.” “This would be the perfect place.”
― Kasie West, The Distance Between Us

“Thank you.”

“How’d those words taste in your mouth?”

“Awful.”

He smiled. We stood there in silence. He didn’t offer to let me in, and I knew it was because he wanted me to ask. He liked to make things hard on me.

“Can I come in?”

“Why?”

“Because I want to talk.”

“Why?”

“Because you’re here, and I want to know why.”

He rolled his eyes and started to shut the door. I put my hand on the edge. “Because you need me, and I’ve never needed anyone more than I need you.”

He pulled me inside and against him before I even finished the sentence.”
― Kasie West, Split Second

“A tractor is going to come dig the rest of this hole?” “Yeah, they haven’t hand dug graves in years. I just thought it would be fun.” “I’m going to kill you.” “This would be the perfect place.”
― Kasie West, The Distance Between Us

“I threw the baseball I held after all. Not hard and it didn’t even hit him but it almost did.
His eyes went wide with surprise.
“So you weren’t really offering me a target?”
He gave a small laugh. “I didn’t think you’d take me up on it.”
― Kasie West, The Fill-In Boyfriend