I was just trying to stay alive, looking for ways to find you, hoping …

Patrick Ness
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I was just trying to stay alive, looking for ways to find you, hoping you hadn't left me behind. Never, I say. Not never. He looks back up at me. I'd never leave you neither. You promise? Cross my heart, hope to die, he says, grinning shyly. I promise, too, I say and I smile at him. I ain't never leaving you, Todd Hewitt, not never again.
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