Nicholas Sparks

I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.

promises to help him find the gift for his daughter.

bring them together?

You would have liked her

sheet against the windows.

Because everybody lies. It’s part of living in society. Don’t get me wrong—I think it’s necessary. The last thing anyone wants is to live in a society where total honesty prevails. Can you imagine the conversations? You’re short and fat, one person might say, and the other might answer, I know. But you smell bad.

That if she’d been more careful, it wouldn’t have happened.

was never enough

twisting and tightening in her chest

shouldn’t have told