“I was painfully aware of him. When he was nearby, my body hummed. When he was away, there was this dull ache. With him near, I felt everything.
I never felt more alive. Anger, sadness, joy. He made me feel it all. No one else had that kind of effect on me. No one. Suddenly I had this feeling, this absolute certainty that I was never going to be able to let him go. It was as simple and as hard as that. I had clung to him like a barnacle all these years and now I couldn't cut away.
I wanted to run after him. Tell him anything, everything. Just don’t go.
…
Because it felt final.”
