“It’s okay, Lil.” I never meant for her to bear a burden this heavy alone. Not one we should’ve carried together. “It’s not,” she says, wiping her cheeks and then staring up into my eyes. Her big round green ones are glassy and reddened. “You don’t want a baby.” No. I have never wanted a baby. But met with this reality, I only want to do right by Lily. I just want to fix every wrong that I have ever made. I am ready, so fucking ready, to defeat this. To never face these demons again. I am done feeling sorry for myself.
