Denise Williams

'Do you realize our entire relationship, anytime I brought you candy, you only let yourself have a little at a time? I thought at first you were just being healthy or not having too much sugar at once, but it wasn’t that. You never want too much of a good thing at once.'
I didn’t have an answer, so I glanced at the box, too. 'I like to savor it. Make it last.'
'You know people don’t work like that, though, right? You love her. Holding that in doesn’t make anything better.'
'It’s more complicated than that.'
[…]
'Eat some candy, Silas. There’s no prize for leaving it in the box.'