“She knows. She doesn’t care. And that’s why I wrote it—she’ll never care, not really. She’ll keep acting like nothing happened and we can pretend it all away without acknowledging all the shit she’s dragged us through—” “Us. We,” Loch cuts me off. “You’re allowed to feel this. Just you.” My eyes sting, filling too much now. A tear breaks free, tracks down my cheek. “She’ll keep acting like she didn’t do anything. To me. She’ll keep acting like what she did wasn’t cowardly even though she knows she hurt me. And even if she’ll never care, I care, and I’m not going to keep acting like it’s my
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