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“That makes it worse, Bolton. That you would break my heart for something that means nothing.”
I’d never been the kind to lie, even to tell a white lie, to purposely mislead someone with vague words. Truth and honesty were the backbone of my soul.
I’m so fucking disappointed that a woman so fucking perfect would settle for someone so far beneath her. You’re a damn mountain and he’s a shadow. You’re the ocean and he’s a stream. You’re a goddess and he’s a damn peasant. You deserve a man who will bend at the knee and worship you. Who doesn’t look at another woman, even when you aren’t in the room. Who says good things behind your back and talks shit to your face. That’s not him.”
“Because all men are the same.” They were all lying cowards. They all took the easy way out. They swore to be protectors, but they broke the things they swore to protect.
I understand her perspective. When we feel threatened, we switch into survival mode, and we examine our reality and our choices in a very different manner.”
The biggest mistake of my life was not taking that call.
I was a transparent person who lived my life truthfully. I never had anything to hide. Honesty was always the best policy.
brought us to our current circumstances. An apology has the power to earn forgiveness, but it doesn’t have the power to change the past.”
“You can’t be heartbroken unless you gave your heart to someone to break.”
“You said I had everything. But I wouldn’t have anything if I didn’t have you.”
“Don’t make excuses for me. I’m a man who takes accountability for my mistakes. And this was a big fucking mistake with immeasurable cost.”
“If he comes for you, he’ll have to come through me, and then I’ll finish this.”
I used to believe only guns and knives could inflict pain, but I realized words were far more deadly. They passed right through a bulletproof vest and hit you straight in the heart.
