Don__ you think it__ actually harder for you . . . to adapt, I mean? Because you__e done all that stuff?___re you asking me if I wish I'd never done it?_____ just wondering if it would have been easier for you. If you__ led a smaller life. To live like this, I mean.___ will never, ever regret the things I've done. Because most days, if you__e stuck in one of these, all you have are the places n your memory that you can go to._ He smiled. It was tight, as if it cost him. __o if you__e asking me would I rather be reminiscing about the view of the caste from the minimart, or that lovely row of shops down off the roundabout, then, no. My life was just fine, thanks.

Don't show a friend your gift, or your bag of money if you still want to maintain your relationship, but if nay, go on, and all you'll see is hate and jealousy, and you'll fight with him in the street like a dog and all you'll feel is regret.

Once I got home, though, and saw several packages on my front porch, all the crap from the day disappeared. A few had smiley faces on them. Squealing, I grabbed the boxes. Books were inside-- new release books I'd preordered weeks ago.

Thanks,_ I muttered and added under my breath, __ouchebag.__e laughed, deep and throaty. __ow that__ not very ladylike, Kittycat.__ whipped around. __on__ ever call me that,_ I snapped.__t__ better than calling someone a douchebag, isn__ it?_ He pushed out the door. __his has been a stimulating visit. I__l cherish it for a long time to come.__kay. That was it. __ou know, you__e right. How wrong of me to call you a douchebag. Because a douchebag is too nice of a word for you,_ I said, smiling sweetly. __ou__e a dickhead.___ dickhead?_ he repeated. __ow charming.__ flipped him off.

The Arum are nothing more than what a human would call a parasite. They are not worth the filthy floor you lie upon.

As he stared into the ocean, he must have tossed a lifetime of apologies into its silence. Maybe he thought the tide would wash his troubles away.