Stepbrothers' Darling

by K.A. Knight

“Not for anyone else, but for me? Yes you are. You’re a fucking hellcat for everyone else, but a goddamn sinner in my sheets.”

I realise for the first time that my past had to happen so I could be here, could be me.

I grieve what occurred and wish it could have gone down differently—it was a tragic waste of life—but it wasn’t my fault, and sometimes life throws you things you don’t think you can survive just to prove you can. It doesn’t mean I don’t miss them or I’m not heartbroken and messed up over what happened… It just means I’m finally starting to heal.

Maybe life truly never throws anything at you that you can’t handle, even when it seems impossible, so you’ll end up where you’re supposed to be.