I realized that for years I was using your dad as an excuse. Devotion seemed like a good reason to avoid even thinking about finding someone else. I think you’ve spent a lot of your life worried about losing people. You hold that door closed so tightly because it feels like you’re protecting what you have…” “Mom…” “And I don’t think that’s just about Jake Murphy. I see it in everything you do for me and your sisters and Olive too. But really, it’s about your father.” “I promised Dad—” “It wasn’t fair for him to ask that of you. You were a child. Might be hard for you to understand, but when he
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