af·flic·tion əˈflikSH(ə)n/ noun something that causes pain or suffering. "Chin up, don't let anyone see you without a smile, no matter how much it hurts, because he doesn't deserve the satisfaction that he won." ~Emily James~ "I don't think I can put my self together again." My voice cracks and I feel the salty trail falling down my cheeks and right then is when I lay all my vulnerable out on the table like poker chips. "Then let me," he whispers ** Emily James spent the last year eating Ben & Jerry's ice cream, crying herself to sleep, and surrounding her broken heart with walls, blocking everyone out. But the towns bad boy Reese wants her. And he has two choices. one:Let her go and forget about her. Or two:break down the walls, and make her fall in love.