“Daddy was taking my desk apart on one side of my room while Mama went through what I’d kept stored in its drawers nearby. Pieces of me were being disassembled and redefined so they could be reassembled at David’s. I had no idea when that would happen, but I had a fear of how it would. I’d be put together differently. The way David wanted me, the way I was supposed to be. I could tell by the parts of me he suggested leaving behind. When he finished reassembling me as his wife, I wouldn’t look the same anymore. Forever.”
From “Love on a Train” http://www.amazon.com/Love-Train-Colleen-L-Donnelly-ebook/dp/B019YHFBI0/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1455590128&sr=8-9&keywords=love+on+a+train