The Girl You Left Behind

whispered, ‘but this really is the only way.’ And I brought down my hand.

As in really liked her?’
‘Yeah. She … she got under
my skin.’

an innate sense of courtesy

as if David’s absence is a wound still located deep within her body.

to seek anything further would be too much of an imposition.

scanned every inch of my body with intense concentration, as if it would be unbearable to get it wrong.

are my lodestar in this world of madness.

The only thing that matters is people.’

Sometimes life is a series of obstacles, a matter of putting one foot in front of

there’s a whole lot more to life than winning.’