“Am I stupid for staying for him?” Tears start to prick around the edges of my eyes, and I have to clench my teeth to stop them from falling. “No, but I want to see you do something for yourself, Cadence. You’re always doing so much for others. You spent your whole childhood taking care of me and your sister. Your relationship with men has always been about meeting their expectations, but what about yours? If you stay for him, what is he going to do for you?”
this is the whole point, and Sara does such a fantastic job wrapping things up, but I guess... everything was too flippant in the beginning?? like, it's serious now, and I see the end point now, but how did we get here?!
