It’ only then that I realize: Peter wasn’t the one who needed to get over Genevieve. It was me. All this time with Peter, I’ve been comparing myself to her, all the ways I don’t measure up. All the ways our relationship pales next to theirs. I’m the one who couldn’t let her go. I’m the one who didn’t give us a chance.

— Jenny Han

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Conrad nodded imperceptibly. “Now go back to bed like a good girl.

— Jenny Han

Come back. Be the you I love and remember.

— Jenny Han

I loved this drive, this moment.

— Jenny Han

He grinned at her which made me want to choke on my asparagus.

— Jenny Han

So I lay there, sweating and sizzling like a piece of chicken on a grill.

— Jenny Han

Compared to you, everyone else is saltines. Even Cam. And I hate saltines. You know that.

— Jenny Han

I didn’t want to see a mark on his face one day and not know how it got there.

— Jenny Han

There were times I feel left out anyway. Not in a romantic way, but a friend way.

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I felt like the kid in the backseat who can’t hear what the adults are talking about, it made me feel a little but invisible.

— Jenny Han

Everything made sense in that moment. This was my chance to make things right with Conrad. The way I saw it, this was what I had been waiting for and I hadn’t even known it. It was like the last two months I had been sleepwalking, and now here I was, finally awake. I had a goal, a purpose.

— Jenny Han

Jeremiah turned his head toward me and winked lazily. “See you soon.

— Jenny Han

Jeremiah watched, bemused, but I could tell he was alert, ready to jump in if he needed to.

— Jenny Han

This moment between us, fragile and tenuous, snapped in half. It was over. It would do no good to wonder what he was going to say. Moments, when lost, can’t be found again. They’re just gone.

— Jenny Han

I felt like I had won the lottery from that one smile.

— Jenny Han

Conrad gave me this look, the kind of look I bet soldiers give each other when they’re teaming up against somebody else. It was like we were in it together.

— Jenny Han

Whatever love was, I was sure they had it. I thought they had it a million times over.

— Jenny Han

For my birthday that August, Conrad gave me a glass unicorn. Not the small one, but the big one that cost twenty dollars. Its horn broke off during one of Jeremiah and Steven’s wrestling matches, but I kept it. I kept it right on top of my bureau. How could I have thrown such a gift away?

— Jenny Han

I go wherever you go.

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After all, why should a woman have to change her name for a man?

— Jenny Han

Looking up at him, I had this sudden thought. Oh my God. I still love you.

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