Quotation
We were holding hands, palm against palm. I could feel his heart beating, his blood against my blood.
When I looked up, his smile was wide and real. "Ready?"
he said.
I faked a smile back. I had gotten so good at faking things.
I thought: You brought this on yourself, Sasha. You will never
get to stop pretending.
I thought: Protect those you love, no matter what the cost.
He squeezed my hand. This is exactly what I always wanted.
And nothing I ever wanted at all. And there is just no taking it back.
"Let's go," I said.
"Road trip!" He said.
He couldn't begin to imagine what this actually was, He
had no idea what I'd done. What any of us had.
I turned the key. The engine started. We went.