The Snowball Effect

by Haley Cass

“The trick to never letting that get to you is knowing that if someone doesn’t truly know you, ninety-nine percent of the time? Their opinion says far more about them than it does about you. Or, in the words of my grandmother: judgments made in ignorance are better left ignored.”

“I don’t know how to feel around you,” she confessed the truth in a whisper, dropping her gaze away from her mom’s. It felt like it was far too much to handle. “Because I do… love you.” The words nearly stuck in her throat, feeling so heavy. Saying them felt clunky and awkward, but also not wrong.

“Respect, the ultimate panty-dropper,” Regan murmured.

“I wish you’d told me that your little crush on the barista had becoming something more.”

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