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And my answer is still the same. My mother does not deserve another chance. My heart and mind told me that. They also told me that I can’t fix her, and that I have to let her go. So, that’s what I’m doing.”
no child should be made to choose whether their parent deserves redemption.
“It is, Daughter. I am proud of you, and my pride is truly of a mother for a favorite child. And now I wish you merry meet, merry part, and that we merry meet again.”
“I am worth a mother’s love,” Aphrodite whispered. From the air around her rang the Goddess’ loving words. “Of course you are, my sweet, wise daughter. And may you always blessed be.”
“Oh my holy shitfuck what happened to your face?”
“I made the Change.
and there it was—the most incredible Mark I had ever seen.
“Fuck me running, Aphrodite’s a vampyre!”
Her Mark was spectacular!
“It is a lot of things—but mostly my mother and all the crap she’s done to me. And by letting her go I mean I finally got it. I finally understood that no matter how much I want her to love me and to be a good mom—hell, even an average mom—however much I want that, it’s out of my control. It doesn’t matter what I say or do. I can’t fix her. I can only fix how I react to her—or I’m doomed, through my own decisions and my own actions to repeat her bullshit awful life.
“Darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good.”
“Ohmygoodness, Other Kevin is his world’s Zoey!” Stevie Rae blurted.
Kevin stared at me and together we said, “Ah, hell.”
“Darkness does not always equate to evil, just as light does not always bring good.”
“It means you’re what I am—a leader, a rallying point, the person who brings people together—and when we do that, we defeat Darkness.”
Air, fire, water, earth, spirit
always love.
The pendant was platinum, shaped in a perfect crescent moon made of diamonds.
Happy 18th B-day, Z We ❤ you!
She walked over to our sink and poured out her glass of champagne over the ice.
we all watched her open her bottle of Xanax and pour it down the toilet, saying, “I am not her. I will never be her. I let that go.” She flushed the toilet, tossed the empty pill bottle in the trash can,
“She OD’d.
“Sometimes people get exactly what they deserve.
“To Other Kevin! Let him get all the goodness he deserves!”
“But goodness came of it. I found my brother. Damien found his Jack. Aphrodite found herself. And I learned something important about you. I learned that I feel more pity for you than hate, and that’s a pretty big thing. So, Neferet, for the first time, I can say I honestly hope you find peace. And I wish you to blessed be.”
