“I just let the pain take over, allowing it to numb the pain of being left behind.”

“Okay, I'll take the pink one with the torn ear.'The guy behind the counter scratches his neck. "Are you being serious?"Her face is stoic. 'Absolutely. I never kid about teddy bears.”

“When he inches into me, I feel the pain, but I also feel the invisible chains around my wrists break and shatter.”

“I can do pain. That’s the easy part of life. It’s everything else, happiness, laughter, love, that’s fucking complicated.”

“Rage washes through me like a fucking wave crashing against the shore. I want to kill Caleb. Beat him to death in the most painful ways.”

“Once a blooming red rose, full of streaming life in its veins.Now a wilting black petal rupturing with death and pain.”

“The guy behind the counter scratches his neck. “Are you being serious?” Her face is stoic. “Absolutely. I never kid about teddy bears.”