Human- Christina Perri

A few days later, Sylvie's dad challenges Richie to a game of cards. Instead of playing for money, though, they're playing for hours. Days. Time to live. Sylvie's dad is playing for Sylvie and Richie is playing for himself. It's near the end of the game, when Richie knows he has the winning hand, that Sylvie's dad says, "She's fifteen, Richard. Fifteen." It's then that Richie realizes that he's already lived two years longer than she has. He's had more time than she probably ever will. When he looks at Sylvie's dad, he no longer sees a scary man. He sees a scared one that isn't ready to say goodbye to his daughter yet. And so, Richie puts his cards down on the table and lies. He tells Sylvie's father that he just won, that all of those days are Sylvie's now.