“You can't come wandering around in at all hours of the night looking like you've been-""Raped?" "Not to worry, Estertown's been safe for three years now, Dad.”

“Yeah, I know I've changed. Nothing gets to me anymore. Well, okay, except for stuff in the past. Back then I was all innocent and trusting and didn't know anything. Now I know plenty and you can't fucking touch me.”

“There are only the three of us and our dark, burgeoning desires I am so afraid of what comes next”

“All you really have...is now.”

“Rape is not a mistake! He did it on purpose, over and over again because he wanted to, because he off on it-”

“After school I all but ran to Gran's and it was funny how even with her so sick, being with her could still make me feel safe.”

“What are you doing?" I say hoarsely as he trails a finger from the beauty mark on my rib cage to the one on my hip, leaving a path of goose bumps in his wake."Connecting the dots," he murmurs with a wicked look. "Uh-oh, you made me lose my place. Now I have to start all over again...”