Right Side of Paradise

by Shon

But what’s the point in a man saying he fancies you if you don’t make him prove it?”

“Your karma isn’t that you raised me to be a grown woman who can think for herself and pick partners who love her and show it. No, your karma is that you tried to shame me for making a choice you don’t agree with, and I don’t give a fuck.”

If my mother’s behavior was anything to go by, it was the quieter ones you had to worry about. She was all soft edges and sweet smiles until I shattered her illusion of what my life would look like.

And I pray you never run into somebody who tries to make you question your decisions like you aren’t capable of choosing what’s right for you.”

But it just went to show that who people pretended to be on the surface, couldn’t hold up under pressure.

A life walking on eggshells wasn’t a life worth living.