"Are you looking?" he whispered down the phone to me.
I listened to his slow, shallow breathing. I glanced up at the moon as I leant against my window. I watched the stars twinkle as my heart warmed knowing that even when we're apart, we could look at the same starry night.
"Lucy?" he said, louder this time, checking I was still listening to him. I heard the strain in his voice, and I felt the lump in my throat I was so used to feeling every day.
"I'm here, I'm looking" I said quietly down the phone. He heard me sigh.
"Please don't be sad, I can't bear it knowing I'm hurting you" he whispered to me as his voice cracked. "I'll love you till the day I die."
I felt a tear slipping down my cheek, as I knew that day is closer than I want to think about.
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Lucy Dean and Harry Scott have been together since they were 14. They were friends throughout their childhood, went to school together and their worlds revolved around each other. They had the same friends, same interests, and their parents had been betting on when they were going to get married since before they could remember.
But then Harry got sick.
Harry's rare disease meant that Lucy hasn't seen him in 42 days, and counting. She misses his touch, his voice and his warm heart, but she knows that she must learn to survive by herself as she head's into her twenties, and stay strong for Harry.
Because he's all that she's got.
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Nixon is the 3rd book in the Broken Series. (Ryan is the 1st, Brynn is the 2nd)
Nixon leaves rehab early because he can't deal with being there anymore. His sister Kelis finds someone in need of a roommate so he moves in with the girl and gives her his middle name, Lucas. He quickly becomes addicted to the girl and once he gets one taste he's done for. He warns her about his past, about his name, but she ignores all the red flags, not realizing exactly how intertwined she is with the people from his past. He becomes enamored with her, feels like she was made for him while still battling the demons of his past and soon it all becomes too much for him to handle. He makes a heartbreaking decision, thinking it's what's best for both of them and everything changes.
Trigger/Content Warning: this book contains mature content, talks of suicide, mental and physical abuse, selfharm, drug use, and addiction
Cover designed by Anastasia Wright