Until you two came along, she was the best thing that happened to me in my whole goddamned life.

“Hear me, honey, I get what you’re doing, but I need you to know that you have n…”

“You mean somethin’ to me in a way, for a man, he wants the world to know it. I’…”

“Baby,” his voice gentled, “this is me seein’ to that soft spot when I say quiet…”

“I know she’s in there and I’m warnin’ you, Sadie, I’m gonna pull her out.”