Though she knew his sins and shortcomings, she never judged. She forgave. She forgave unforgivable acts. She forgave a man who had never before been forgiven. It was more than that: she’d given him a child and a life.
You don’t marry someone you can live with, you marry the person who you cannot live without.
In their figurative game of chess, Anthony Rawlings had Claire in check. Every move she made, he countered.
Life is not what it’s supposed to be. It’s what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future and accepts you for who you are today.
It is your strength and determination that have infuriated me. That strength and resilience has also made me fall in love with you.
It is not the circumstances that make a person a success. It is how that person responds to those circumstances.
I’m not throwing you away! I’m setting you free.
I suppose I should start in the beginning – March 2010. No, that wasn’t when I was born. It was when I began to live. Most people think I’m crazy – maybe I am. You see I began to live the day my life was taken away. Funny, I don’t remember how it happened. I do know now, it never could’ve been stopped.
It has been said, people drawn to law enforcement have a sixth sense, an ability to see what others do not. He prayed he was wrong. His sixth sense said there was much more than a broken heart in Claire’s past.
Sometimes the strongest among us are the ones who smile through silent pain, cry behind closed doors, and fight battles nobody knows about. – Unknown Author.
You’re right. I don’t know your real name. But I don’t know mine either and it’s never stopped me from knowing who I am or taking what I want.
The evil you create will ultimately destroy you, you cannot escape the consequences of your actions. – Leon Brown.
I am a man of my word.
A friend is one who walks in when others walk out. – Walter Winchell.
The secret to getting away with lying is believing it with all your heart, that goes for lying to yourself even more so than lying to another. – Elizabeth Bear.
Unfortunately, the story wasn’t a novel, and it wasn’t fiction.
Do you need a safeword, in case things get too normal for you, and you need me to stop being vanilla for a moment and I don’t know, kneel or something?