“Laurel was no bullshit. She didn’t say things she didn’t mean.”
“Yes, she was imperfect. But that didn’t mean she wasn’t also spectacular.”
“My wife must be stupid. I mean, look, she married me, didn’t she?”
“Angelica didn’t care if she was forbidden from doing something because she relished in the challenge of finding the answer. She needed to know everything because a lack of knowledge terrified her. Angelica was forever afraid of things she didn’t know or didn’t understand. Thus, she opened the attic door…”
“She didn’t sound overjoyed. She didn’t sound even slightly joyed.”
“Then, slowly, like the sunrise peeking over the horizon, she smiled.She snapped the box closed.She didn’t scream. She didn’t run. She didn’t faint.There might have been a little crying.But mostly… she danced.”