That's what this has been all about for you, correct? Make it clear. That you and me—it was nothing more that you'll have with Spinnerbait boy, or the guy after that, or the guy after that. Right?" "Yeah, I said, shrugging. "You're right." He just stood there, looking at me, as if I had actually changed before his eyes. But this was the girl I'd been all along. I'd just hidden her well.

This Lullaby (ed. Hachette UK, 2011) - ISBN: 9781444907766