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In life, there are certain things that you just need. I needed food to eat. I needed air to breathe. I needed water to drink. And I needed Caprice.
You wanted me to see you, Butterscotch. Don’t front.”
“Well?”
“Well, I see you.” And you’re the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen. All I said out loud was, “And you look nice.”
With Shaun, it didn’t scare me to be wanted in that way. How ever much he desired me, I knew he would never take anything I wasn’t willing to give. With him, I was safe.
“So, if I was your girlfriend, would you keep choosing me?”
“I will always choose you.”
“Protect me now by keeping Kahfi safe. You have to make him happy. You have to make sure he’s safe. If Kahfi is happy, then me and Marron don’t never need to come out. That’s the way.”
“Me and Marron were never supposed to be here in the first place.”
Age allowed me to understand that pain is unavoidable, and you’d live a very meaningless life trying to avoid it.
