I didn’t have to ask anyone permission for anything. I didn’t have to consider someone else’s feelings. I wanted freedom more than I wanted romance. Freedom was something I hadn’t had in my life before. I’m not saying that he was a controlling man, or a bad one. It’s just that even in the nicest relationships, you have to consider each other. I wanted to be selfish. Like I said, I am an oak. I don’t wish to choose to bend around anything new, but that’s not to say there’s anything wrong with bending your life around someone.” She pauses for a long moment. “I think the most important truth is
...more
