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“Happy,” i echoed “and you gave that to me.”
Shep’s rough hand cupped my face. “You gave it to yourself. I just love being a piece of the puzzle.”

“Because everything about you screams that you’ve been fighting alone for to damn long, Thorn. You need someone to help carry the weight for a little while. I might not be able to fix everything. But I can help carry the load.”

“But we can’t let one bad experience sour the rest of our lives. We can’t let the bad win. Make us stop living by. If we lock ourselves down, we don’t just keep out the bad. We keep out the good, too.”

“Maybe I’m not running from anything. Maybe I’m running toward it.”