You and me are going to have so much fun, Rose. Picking out curtains, doing each other's hair, telling ghost stories....

Let me get this straight. The future of our relationship hinged on advice from a fifteen-year-old girl, a probably untrue story from a one-eyed Chihuahua trainer, and me unromantically - yet skillfully - kissing you on top of silverware and china?

You can't force love, I realized. It's there or it isn't. If it's not there, you've got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you've got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.

You can't save everyone, though God knows you try.

A gun. I had been brought down by a gun. It was practically comical. Cheaters, I thought.

All the while, my mind reeled with what had hap.