{"product_id":"heart-eyes-effie-campbell","title":"Heart Eyes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eShe saved me once.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe probably doesn’t remember.\u003cbr\u003eI can’t forget her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFourteen years ago, when we were small, I was starving.\u003cbr\u003eNot just my stomach rumbling, but hungry for kindness. For someone to look at me like I mattered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShe did.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil she couldn’t look at me at all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI learned how to survive without being wanted in foster home after foster home. Holding on to my memories of her. Of how she saw me as more than \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003enothing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd now she’s back in my world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBright. Successful. Untouched by the ruin that shaped me into the monster I am.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI should stay away.\u003cbr\u003eMen like me don’t get women like her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut I’ve never been good at letting go.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo I watch. And I wait. Telling myself it’s harmless.\u003cbr\u003eThat loving her from the darkness is enough.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil I see \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehim\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA face from our past.\u003cbr\u003eSomeone who remembers what she did.\u003cbr\u003eAnd wants to make her pay for it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI have survived worse than him. I’m not afraid to abandon any remaining morals to keep her safe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy love for her was born in darkness and fear. A glimmer of hope for a boy who had nothing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObsession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRuin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut it’s the only good thing I’ve ever felt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd this time… I’m not letting anyone take her from me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Effie Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":51465634677014,"sku":"I-9781917243995","price":33.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/0336\/7702\/files\/PRODUCTPHOTO_e9082b16-d1ff-4184-b8bc-5c49ee9de0e1.png?v=1782282030","url":"https:\/\/www.talesandtomes.com.au\/products\/heart-eyes-effie-campbell","provider":"Tales \u0026 Tomes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}