Home Is Where You Are

by Melissa Grace

“Thank you for doing this with me, Liv. I don’t know what it is about you, but you seem to get me. I know I’ve got a ways to go, but today felt good.” “I should be thanking you.” She bit her lip, resting her head on the back of the couch. “You’re the one who did me the favor,” I reminded her. “Maybe it started out that way, but writing with you tonight was like finding a piece of myself that’s been missing.” She looked at me through her dark eyelashes. “It’s been so long since I played or even tried to write a song. Short of the occasional karaoke night with Ella, I stopped singing altogether.” “But why?” She stared at her hands for a moment. When she looked back at me, tears were shining in her eyes. “Because it hurt too much. I gave it all up for Ben, but it’s not his fault. I chose that path, and I chose wrong because the day I let go of my music, I let go of myself too. I let go of every dream I ever had.”