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okay final words this is one of the most gut wrenching books ive ever read but im so glad i read it because its so eye opening and just changed my perspective so much😭😭 eden mccrorey u are so loved. u are so seen.

also!! literally how did nobody see the signs like she was literally crying out for help and nobody saw😭😭 she was so failed by the world my heart hurts for her

caelin finding out makes me bawl my eyes out. thats his baby sister😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

“But I love you, I still love you,” he whispers, coming in to kiss me again.

😭😭😭❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

she told him😭😭😭😭😭 and he believed her😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 im so proud of her my strong girl

HE DROVE ALL THE WAY JUST TO SEE HER.

“Hello? Hello?”
I hang up. I call back.
“Hello . . . are you there?”
I hang up. I redial.
“Hello?” he answers, edgy.
Hang up. Redial.
“Eden, is this you?”
My heart sinks deep.
“Eden, if this is you . . . just . . . hello?”

ITS BEEN THREE YEARS AND HE RECOGNIZED HER FROM THE SOUND OF HER BREATHING😭😭😭 josh miller the man that u are

“Would anyone care?
Would anyone even fucking notice?
What if one day I just wasn’t here anymore?
What if one day it all just stopped?”

oh my poor baby😭😭😭😭😭😭

“They’re trying—I give them credit for that.
I just can’t anymore. It’s too hard.”

her calling her parents by their first names just shows how disconnected she is im crying

“I’ve been with different guys—sometimes it seems like too many, other times it seems like not nearly enough. But each one takes me just a little farther away. I’m so far gone now, sometimes I feel like maybe it’s almost enough.”

my baby is so disconnected☹️☹️

“He’s crying. And I kneel there on the other side of the door that might as well be the other side of the galaxy, feeling so empty, so dead inside. He tries the knob one more time and then I hear nothing. Until the front door closes, then the rumble of his car starts in the driveway.”

all i do is cry in this damn book😭😭 caelin and eden make me so emotional