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Lucy Christopher

Nobody’s bought this land. And no one’s going to want it either. It’s dying land, lonely land.””Like me, then,” I said.”Yes, like you.” You chewed the corner of your lip. “You both need saving.

obsession, saving

Lucy Christopher

I thought you wanted to catch a camel,” you tried again.”No.””I want to.””Well, you go then.”You laughed. “I want your beautiful face where I can see it

beautiful, obsession

Lucy Christopher

I’d never seen a man cry before, only on TV. I’d never even seen Dad close to crying. Those tears looked so odd on you. It was like the strength of you just seemed to sap away. The surprise of it stopped me from being so scared.

crying, genuine, lucy-christopher, man, stolen

Lucy Christopher

I remember that feeling of skin. It’sstrange to remember touch more than thought. But my fingersstill tingle with it.

attraction, tingle, touch

Lucy Christopher

How long will you keep me?” I asked.You shrugged. “Forever, of course.

Lucy Christopher

If there’d been an astronaut on the moon right then, I’m sure I could have seen him. Perhaps he could have looked down and seen me too… the only one who could.

Lucy Christopher

You moved my head so that it was lying in your lap. “Keep your eyes open,” you said. “Stay with me.”I tried. It felt like I was using every muscle in my face. But I did it. I saw you from upside down, your lips above my eyes and your eyes above my lips. “Talk to me,” you said. My throat felt like it was closing up, as if my skin had swollen, making my throat a lump of solid flesh. I gripped your hand. “Keep watching me, then,” you said. “Keep listening.

lucy-christopher, stolen, sweet, ty-and-gemma

Lucy Christopher

Had you been lying all along? Mum gently stroked my hair. I whispered into her shoulder. “I can’t go back. Not yet. I can’t leave.” And she held my head tight to her chest and wrapped her arms around me. “You don’t have to,” she said, rocking me. “You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do, not anymore.” And I cried.

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Lucy Christopher

I guess whoever built and buried that IED out there in the desert will never know how far that blast traveled. But all things ripple out, cause shrapnel.

games, killingwoods, murder, ptsd, teens

Lucy Christopher

There is no need to put your heart in a bottle, then you will die.- Ty from Stolen

inspiring, real, special

Lucy Christopher

And it’s hard to hate someone once you understand them.

australia, fiction, gemma, hospital, kidnapping, stockholm-syndrome, ty

Lucy Christopher

You said you knew the perfect place to run to. A place that was empty of people, and buildings, and far, far away. A place covered in blood-red earth and sleeping life. A place longing to come alive again. It’s a place for disappearing, you’d said, a place for getting lost… and for getting found.I’ll take you there, you’d said.And I could say that I agreed.

better-life, finding-yourself, freedom, hope, living-life-to-the-fullest, running-away