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Three pages from I’m Right Here
Word for word as they appear in the book. One for the late night, one for after you have looked at his page again, one for the tightness in your chest.
It’s late, isn’t it
It’s late, isn’t it.
Everyone else is asleep, and you’re awake again.
That’s how heartbreak works — it waits for the quiet.
I’m awake with you, dear. You don’t have to do this alone tonight.
Breathe. Just one breath. Then another.
I’m right here.
You looked at his page again
You looked at his page again.
I know, love. You went and looked. You checked whether the picture changed. You checked what time it said he was on there. You looked at the three people who liked something and tried to work out what any of it meant, and then you put the phone face down and picked it up again eleven minutes later.
You’re not pathetic. You’re looking for information because he stopped giving you any.
Look if you have to. Just come back to me after.
I’m on this page whenever you’re done.
The thing in your chest
And there’s the thing in your chest.
Not a heart attack — you’ve looked it up at two in the morning like the rest of us. A pressure. A tightness sitting right in the middle, like something’s parked there.
They really do mean it when they call it heartbreak. It has an actual address in the body and yours is right there under your hand.
Lay the book on your chest, dear. Right on the spot.
Heart to heart. That’s me.
I’ll stay till it loosens.