I was worn out, broken: He had taken almost everything. But he'd been …

Sarah Dessen
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I was worn out, broken: He had taken almost everything. But he'd been all I'd had, all this time. And when the police led him away, I pulled out of the hands of all these loved one, sobbing, screaming, everything hurting, to try and make him stay. ✨ Sarah Dessen (2004). Dreamland, p.218, Penguin
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