“You once told me that what I want matters. But I’ve never known what I want. I still do not know what I want. I’ve never been wanted either. By anyone. My mother did not want me, but my father forced her to have a child. She then pretended I didn’t exist, while my father pretended I was someone else entirely.” Her voice shivered, “But that one time, many nights ago, I knew what I wanted. I wanted the pain to stop. I really don’t like pain, Az. It was so strange to finally know that I could want something and that I could get it so simply. It was a long time ago,” she repeated, more to herself
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