Work for It

Work for It (2019) Talia Hibbert (Just for Him)

“Everyone said he was handsome, but this is just silly.”

“He’s staring a hole into you, Griff. No, don’t look, you donkey. Trust me. Have I ever steered you wrong?”

I finally take my shot and fluff it. “Year 2, you told me to pick up that stinging nettle—”

“I thought it was a flower,” Rebecca interrupts. “Don’t be petty.”

“Year 3, you convinced me to nab you a jam tart off your nana’s counter, and we both got—”

I suppose that’s what comes of purposefully avoiding everyone you love. But I had to— have to— stay away from them, at least until I’m not so miserable, so distant, such a burden. Don’t I?

I keep having thoughts I didn’t authorise.

Publisher : Nixon House

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