Sincerely, Adeline

Book #1 - Before you Say Goodbye
Book #2 - Sincerely, Adeline

Dear Diary,

Do you see that girl sitting by the tree, writing something?

Yes, her. With that short wavy hair and those beautiful eyes.

Did you know her hair used to be longer - much longer - and her eyes used to be filled with joy and delight every time they rested on me? She hides her face when she laughs, I don't know why she does that. She stops my heart for a few seconds every time she laughs - does she know that?

I could write a million pages pouring all the love I have for her into it, but it won't stop the hurt rushing through me every time I look at her.

God, she's beautiful.

And soooo not mine.

Yet once, I remember that she was.

So, what happened, you ask?
Life happened.

God, that bastard. He wouldn't let me have one ounce of happiness, would he?

But was that what Adeline Kingsley was to me? An ounce of happiness?

How do I put in words everything Adeline Kingsley was to me - is to me?

She's the air that I breathe. She's the life in me. She's what I see with my eyes, what I hear in my ears. She's all that I feel in my heart. She's my hope.

And that was saying something, as hope to me is bigger than life itself. Hope was everything.

I'm Roman De Niro, the boy holding every last piece of Adeline's broken heart and this is our story - the second time around.