Owen turned towards me and I saw his own eyes glistening. It nearly did me in. Because no matter what I had said, I knew that it was real. I knew he loved me. I knew our connection was rare. But I also knew that it wasn’t enough. Not anymore. Not when he wasn’t willing to make the hard decisions that would allow us to be together. I needed him to be all in. I was all in, my heart was his. But you can’t do it all on your own, and I was realizing that I was trying to do just that. There is patience and then there is being a fool and I had crossed that line. I had to save myself. I had
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