Kindle Notes & Highlights
"I think about it still. Not like before. But... the ache's still there." She nodded. "The ache will be there until you make peace with the version of you who stood on that ledge." "I don't want to make peace with her. I want to forget she existed." Bennett met my eyes, her tone gentle but firm. "Corinne... she saved you. That broken, exhausted woman called out to her son. She stepped down. She's part of you. The part that chose to stay." I stared at her. My throat thickened, and I blinked hard.
“Corinne, listen to me,” she says, her voice firm yet gentle. “You’ve been through hell. I know this. But you are not defined by what happened to you. You are not defined by Allen, or by your past. You are not the pain that you feel inside. You are strong, and I’m here with you, every step of the way.” Her words cut through the chaos in my mind like a blade. I want to believe her, I do, but I don’t know how.
