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264 pages, ebook
First published March 1, 2019
What is it about women that make us want to fix men who are broken?
When you’ve been a soldier, when you’re faced death, that’s not where it ends, because I don’t think the living ever get to go home. Not really.
I’d been so lost, so untethered, but coming to a place so few cared about, I’d found something precious.
“Don’t you get it? Guys like me don’t do relationships because we can’t. You think you can fix me, but you can’t. What if we did the whole marriage and kids thing…”
I was stunned, but he didn’t notice.
“…and five years from now something sets me off? I’m a ticking time-bomb, and you do not want to be around me when I explode.”
“I’ll wait for you, James.”
“That’s all I need to hear.”
“I love you.” …
“You love Amira,” she said carefully.
“Yes, but I love you, as well. Very much. I want to live, and I want my life to be with you.”
"Almost 10,000 children are injured by landmines every year. They go out to play with their friends and..." He left the sentence unfinished.
"Adults are affected too, of course, about 16,000 every year across 64 different countries around the world ."