“After all, when you're both striped of your dignity. circumspection seems pretty pointless.”

“There are people you know all your life who never really make a difference to who you are; others arrive for a short time and change everything.”

“Blue cloudless skies presided over comfortably warm days, kissed by bright sunlight and soothed with cool breezes.”

“I replayed the moment over and over, drawing a blank every time.”

“To dreams. And believing they're possible.”

“Hurt and confusion mixing with anger to form a dangerously flammable cocktail.”

“We sat down and I could feel my breathing quicken as the butterflies returned to dance in my stomach.”