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You’re brave enough to be real in a world full of people too terrified to be themselves.”
“This is your fault entirely. You know that you can tell me when you need a break. When you need a moment. A fucking meal. Yet you martyr your way through a packed schedule because you can’t bear to be honest about your own limits.”
“Everyone has limits, Emily. You don’t get bonus points for pretending you’re exempt.”
I realized I wanted to give her a sliver of the love and respect that her family should have been providing for years. The people who were supposed to love her and protect her were the ones inflicting the most damage. I wanted to fix it. To be what she needed.
“There are expectations,” I began, sliding off the stool and shaking the towel out. “The only expectations I’m concerned with are yours.”
“You, Emily Stanton, are one-of-a-kind. It would be a damn shame if you waste one more second of pretending to be something you’re not to make someone else more comfortable. Be yourself in all situations. Wear your red lipstick into the lab. Address your board in kickboxing gear. Take a day off. Cut your damn hair when you feel like it. You’re in charge. And you’re going to win.”
“Thank you for seeing me.” “Thank you for letting me see you.”
It wasn’t flowers or a love note but diarrheal medicine that made my heart do a slow, inevitable flip-flop in my chest.
“You’re ridiculous.” “Darling, I’m driving the woman who redefined lovemaking for me in the sexiest car in the world after you revealed a scientific advancement that could change cardiac health forever. That’s ridiculous. You’re extraordinary. I’m just very, very ordinary.”
afraid.” Admitting it out loud made some of the weight on my chest lighten. “Of what?” he asked gently. “Of letting someone into my life so they can judge me or hate me or use me. So they can find out I’m not perfect.” “Perfect is boring and unlikable. You’re far from it,” he said.
She was incapable of loving me in the way that I needed to be loved. The realization was both painful and a relief.
You’ve made no effort lately to be likable.” I took that as a compliment. There was no power in being likable.
My circle was small. So very small. But it was mighty.
Rock bottom was nothing but a foundation. And I would rebuild. But this time, it would be the life that I wanted.
Daisy and the rest of the girls had dropped everything. For me. There was no inconvenience. Nothing required in return. Because we loved each other. Small, strong circles.
“As for your time, I’m not willing to settle for anything less than all the days of your life.”
This was love. Whether it was being in her corner and watching proudly as she kicked ass or fighting a battle for her.
