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I wondered if it was really because he cared about me, or if now I was just another challenge.

Sarah Dessen

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Challenge
Challenges
Another
Really
Cared
Wondered

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