“No one here has any right to judge you for your past. We’re all just a big ball of fucked up, and learnin’ how to make the most of what we’ve got. Was I mad at you for a long time? Yes. But... life has a funny way of makin’ you see things from different angles. And your choices are your own, Lily. I’m just happy to have you back, and get to watch you raise that little boy.” Her head tilts. “You are stayin’, right?” The burn explodes from the back of my eyes, tears slipping down the apples of my cheeks, acceptance bleeding into my skin from where it seeps out of her pores. I nod. “Yeah.” I
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