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“You’re not supposed to get over it, but we’ll learn how to live with it. What happened doesn’t define who you are.”
That single tear holds all my betrayals, all the pain and sadness I’ve endured. It holds my disappointment for my parents and the loss of innocence by others who wanted to hurt me for their own twisted pleasure. After today, I vow never to cry for people who do not cry for me, who do not care for me. I vow to be stronger because the only person I can count on is myself.
“You’re my monster. My protector. You stood up for me, even killed for me, and that’s something no one has ever done… and probably never will again.”
“Letting someone you love go is the hardest thing you will ever have to do.” “I don’t—” I can’t even say it out loud. Many lies have passed my lips today, but I can’t say this one out loud.
I hate that she’s right. That he gets to choose if he can love me or not, while every beat of my heart is for him. How can I continue forward when the person I want to be with, the person I need, doesn’t want me?
I’m nothing more than a chess piece in this world, the pawn on an endless board of moving parts when I should be the queen.
“Don’t ever do something like that again. I almost lost you once. I can’t risk losing you again, and especially not because you tried to save me.” “Don’t tell me what I can and can’t do,” I growl back.
He grins like an evil villain, and still, I place my hand in his, knowing that I’ve never been safer in my entire life.
I know better than to blindly trust anyone, ever. Even the friendliest smile can conceal a dagger. Maybe he has a point.
I guess when you do what needs to be done to survive, there’s no room for regret.
Even when we hate our parents, we can’t help but love them.”
“I love you. I always will. You’re the only thing I care about in this world. You have my name, but you’ve had my heart much longer than that. And I intend to devote the rest of my life to you. My wife.”
