Pushing Daisies - Season 1 — Full

He touched Chuck’s pale hand. She opened her eyes—sea-green, warm, and impossibly alive.

In that frozen moment, Ned broke his own rule. He didn’t ask about the murderer. He told Chuck to run. She did—straight into a life that had ended just minutes before. And Ned, for the first time in twenty years, let the minute tick by without a second touch. Pushing Daisies - Season 1

He didn’t. He couldn’t.

He learned this when a neighbor’s goldfish floated belly-up as his mother drew her second breath. Horrified, young Ned did the only thing he could: he kissed his mother’s forehead goodbye, ending the miracle. She fell back, gone for good. The goldfish swam away. He touched Chuck’s pale hand

Chuck looked at Ned. Her eyes said: Don’t you dare. ending the miracle. She fell back