“A desperate longing stopped her breath, as if he’d jumped already, leaving her behind. “Please,” he said. She took his hand and stepped beside him. She should have run away with him as soon as she could. Maybe every act of faith, as they got older, was meant to make up for an earlier lack of faith.”

“A desperate longing stopped her breath, as if he’d jumped already, leaving her behind. “Please,” he said. She took his hand and stepped beside him. She should have run away with him as soon as she could. Maybe every act of faith, as they got older, was meant to make up for an earlier lack of faith.”

— Matthew Salesses