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He taught me to fight, to defend myself, to stand up for what I believe in, and protect people I love. I thanked him for that lesson after that weekend in New Orleans when some guy put his hands on Delia, and I had to tear him apart.Jolene Perry
2
My heart's cracking apart all over again because of the way I've missed him.Jolene Perry
3
When she left, it was like someone had ripped my heart out, crumbled it up like a flimsy piece of loose leaf paper and crammed it back into my chest. It somehow managed to work, but it would never, ever feel the same.Steph Campbell
4
Screw the daring tough guy image, what happened with us broke me.Steph Campbell
5
A thin, polished woman walks in. She sticks out immediately in her expensive looking navy dress, shiny bag and shoes that probably cost more than I make in a month. My breath leaves me when I see that her arm is draped around a younger version of herself. That hair, it's pulled back way too tight now, but I'd run my hands through it a thousand times before. That face, now in layer of makeup that makes her look older than I remember, I'd held it in my calloused hands and kissed those lips goodbye over a year ago. She said she'd never see me again and I learned to accept that. She destroyed me, and I'd moved on. No. Not her. She's not from here anymore. I don't know who that person is anymore.Jolene Perry
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People don't want the truth when they ask how you're doing after you lost your brother.Jolene Perry
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Always a trade. Always a compromise. Until there wasn't anything left to bargain with, because neither one us had any clue what to do.Steph Campbell