The boy had all he could do to get out the single word between gasping breaths.

"I can't believe that your father still beats you," he said between breaths.

"I thought you were here," she spoke between quick breaths.

"Then maybe he hasn't paid the full price," she said between deep breaths.

"I took this stuff for granted," Orlando said between deep breaths.

"I always have cabin number three," said Henry between breaths.

"I will be tired out tonight," he said between breaths.

He has only twenty years to live, and that is less than the space between breaths to us.

"Bullet should be right in his heart," I said, between breaths.

"It started right after you left," she said between breaths.