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.
Don't be afraid to close your eyes and dream, but then open your eyes and see