I clamped my eyes shut as the floor fell away beneath my feet. The air whipped through my hair and I steeled myself for the cold, hard ground that was coming up to meet me.
I forgot to breathe—it seems that when you think it’s going to be the last breath you take, you want to hold onto it for just that little bit longer.
Alice could only save one of us, and after everything I’ve put her through, it didn’t deserve to be me. But it seems that a true friend will always be there, to catch you when you fall.