"Does she realize she looks like a sunflower, ready to rain sunlight on all who look down upon her?"
"I let it all out--my mom's date,my dad's conversation,my confusion about it all.Caleb doesn't laugh,he doesn't pull away,he doesn't talk .. He just lets me be me. When I settle down,I lean back and witness the mess I've made on his shirt."I made ur shirt all gross," I say between sniffles. "Forget the shirt.What's going on? I could.nt understand a word you mumbled into my chest." Now I'm half laughing and half crying."
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Source: Simone Elkeles (2011). “Leaving Paradise”, p.201, North Star Editions, Inc.
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