“If you go an further, I'll have to put you to sleep forever.”
“I am going to sit here in the river. If you go home to sleep, I will sleep in front of your house. And if you go away, I will follow you--until you tell me to go away. Then I'll leave. But I have to love you for the rest of my life..”
“Now I know this is going to seem counter to every instinct that you have, but I'm going to ask you to sit still, or I'll put you in the trunk.”
“That okay. I'll go find somewhere else to sleep."Her fingers wrap around my arm. "You don't have to go anywhere. I feel safe with you.”
“Are you still mad at me?""Yes.""I'll go back to sleep, then.""Good.”
“You can have all the time that you need, Mila. I'll wait forever if I have to.”