“But that’s what brave is, sweetheart. Stepping forward, even when you know you can’t win. People like me who do it all the time, that’s because it’s in our nature to be fierce. That’s not bravery, that’s duty.” “But the way she treated you!” Colin looked like he was going to be physically ill. Judd pressed his lips together. He was exhausted by several lifetimes spent coping with not just bigotry, but others’ guilt when they witnessed that bigotry. Even though the first came from a place of entitlement and the second from a place of affection, they were both burdens placed on him through no
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