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PROLOGUE

The universe works inbad happens Like it’s supposed to ive us hope that things will be OK Like it’s supposed to just fix everything

I didn’t believe in that statement

If that statement were true, we’d never hurt People wouldn’t suffer They wouldn’t hit rock bottom They wouldn’t drown But they do They hurt and they bleed They stagger through each breath, wondering how in the hell they’re going to ling to breathe Putting one foot in front of the other, trying to get through each day, wondering if it was ever going to get better Not believing in the da else

Pain

It’s so real

So incredibly real

You knohat’s worse? Heartbreak

The soul-crushing, sto your heart ripped out of your chest and stomped on

I was heartbroken

That’s when the statement finally caave me him

Out of the blue Like it kneas in my final moh another day Like it just kneas finally tiain

I wasn’t alone

He was broken too

So incredibly broken

It picked us and threw us together It made our worlds collide It blended us It knew, even e didn’t, that ould fix the broken pieces of each other That ould stitch the, even if our bodies were tired, even if our hearts had given up

It knew

Even before we knew

We needed each other

CHAPTER 1

I blink

Then blink again

I stare down at the e on the phone, completely and utterly nuh together, that he actually just said those words to ht He’s supposed to love me He’s supposed to care How can soht? How can so you? Was I stupid? Was I that da on the wall?