They Said I Wouldn't Make It Novels & Stories

"I'm perfectly okay." Sadly, I failed to detect the sarcasm

"Nothing I say or do will convince you, so there's no point wasting my breath," said Sherman in exasperation. "I just want to remind you that things might not always go according to plan. You don't have what it takes, so you should stop while you're ahead."

"Seriously. How?" "I don't have a choice." "That's what you always say." "Because it's true." I closed my textbook. "I'm alone. If I don't make this work, we don't eat. So I make it work." "You're stronger than you look." Everyone kept saying that. Maybe one day I'd believe it. For now, I just kept moving forward.

I firmly said, making sure my voice won’t break. To be continued…

The twins didn't make it through birth," he said. It felt like my whole world shattered. No... no...!" I murmured, shaking my head. Why are you saying that? They were too weak... they didn't survive, Alexander stated, coldly.

The look that said this wasn't done. Not even close to done.

I added. “You might as well, not have said anything”

There were too many doubts. “No. I’m not going back.”

Again. It didn’t help. The air felt too thick. Too warm. It’s over. He’s gone. You’re fine. You’re at work. I repeated it under my breath like a chant, as if saying it could make it true. But it didn’t land. It didn’t stick.

"But I didn't break anything." "You could have frozen to death." "But I'm not dead."