Hot heart-blood leaked from my face. From my eyes and my nose and my mouth. Not tears, because those would never stop. This was just liquid heartbreak seeping from my pores.

“How do you compete with a ghost, Colton?" I whisper the question into a long si…”

“He does not just fill my body, my womanhood. He fills me. My heart, my soul. He…”

“I'm still trying to find the words to heal you, To take your pain and make it a…”

“It’s not okay,” I tell her. This gets her attention; it’s not what she was expe…”