ludas198919 сентября 2026В друзьяІмовірно, я здаюся найбожевільнішою людиною на світі. Однак щойно ви дізнаєтеся, яким жахливим буває цей світ, повернутися до невідання вже не зможете. Хай як цього хотілося б.1 понравилось16
ludas198918 сентября 2026В друзьяА ще Роббі мене недооцінив. Бо любити складну людину набагато важче, ніж того, з ким усе просто.1 понравилось10
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзьяRobby had it wrong.Because, despite everything, I loved her.I didn’t like her, but I loved her.And he’d underestimated me, as well. Because it’s so much harder to love someone who’s difficult than to love someone who’s easy.219
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзьяI’d never have admitted it—least of all to myself—but I did have what you could describe as a perfectly normal, nonpathetic, comfortingly mild, not-at-all creepy little crush on him.68
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзьяNothing like flipping a man on his back to bolster your self-esteem.Recommend.46
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзья“One of them attacked me.”“Define ‘attacked.’”“It licked me. With intention.”Now he was suppressing a smile. “You mean, as if it might—what? Eat you?”“Who knows what its endgame was?”“‘Trampled by a cow’ might be a thing. ‘Eaten by a cow’ is definitely not—in any way, ever—a thing.”“The point is, I was licked. By its green tongue. I didn’t even know cows had green tongues.”39
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзьяif I just witnessed what I thought I did, it meant that in one short month, I’d lost every single one of the three most important people in my life.Mother. Boyfriend. Best friend.And now I was truly alone.36
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзья“Be nice to poor Jack,” Glenn finally said. “He can’t help it that he’s handsome.”24
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзья“Are you saying that even if I sleep on the floor, you’ll also sleep on the floor?”This might be my only area of autonomy for a month. “Yes,” I said. “I’ll be on the floor no matter what.”“You’d rather sleep on cold, hard, ceramic tile than sleep next to me?”“I bet you don’t get that a lot.”Jack smiled like he was impressed. “Absolutely never.”22
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзьяHappily married.I mean, you hear about people like that. In theory, they exist. But I’d sure as hell never seen anything like it before.It felt like glimpsing a unicorn.30
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзьяThe irony. Telling him he was laughing finally got him to stop laughing.17
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзьяI’d gotten what I wanted—it just wasn’t what I wanted anymore.24
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзьяFeeling humiliated was one thing. Admitting to feeling humiliated was another.5
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзья“When you’re not around, even for a little while, I feel like I have to go find you. I just feel this pull to be near you. I want to know what you’re thinking, and what you’re up to, and how you feel. I want to take you places and show you things. I want to memorize you—to learn you like a song. And that nightgown, and the way you get so cranky when I leave my stuff all over the place, and the way you tie your hair back in that crazy bun. You make me laugh every single day—and nobody makes me laugh. I feel like I’ve been lost all my life until now—and somehow with you I’m just … found.”Читать далее6
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзьяPassing the dining table, I saw a charcuterie board with a bottle of cabernet, open and breathing, next to it. And next to the wine bottle? A corkscrew.At last. A weapon. I grabbed it as I went by, without missing a step, and—because women in this world somehow don’t deserve pockets—shoved it into the side of my bra.5
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзья“Why didn’t you use the code word?”Jack gave me a look. “Um. Because I didn’t want my last words to be ‘ladybug’?”6
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзьяHe kisses you like it’s destiny. Like that’s what always happened. Like there’s no other conceivable version of the story.7
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзьяIt bugged Kelly that I didn’t get it, though. “You saved a person’s life that night!” she insisted one night over margaritas. “Why should Robby get to win?”But I guess it depends on how you define winning.I mean, Robby has to spend the rest of his life being Robby.That’s losing by definition.7
valeriyatretyak27 ноября 2022В друзьяIs Jack’s handsomeness still exhausting?Absolutely.Poor guy. He really can’t help it.8