“Jillian had charged into the bathroom on seven, but she just shot straight to ten. Her nature may be reserved, but she didnt take shit off anybody. Dont patronize me. And dont you dare come down he...”

“Whoosh. Slap. The scream tore from Jillians chest as the flogger snaked across her back. She tensed and waited, but nothing else happened. Why did you scream? She didnt answer immediately. Although...”

“Whoosh. Slap. The scream tore from Jillian’s chest as the flogger snaked across her back. She tensed and waited, but nothing else happened. “Why did you scream?” She didn’t answer immediately. Alth...”

“All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below.”

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”

“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”