“Lavenia, he told me we couldn’t be together while he was still inside me.” I felt her stiffen at the description, but I didn’t falter. “And maybe time has changed his thoughts on the matter, but it doesn’t change the fact I made decisions based on what he said—with what he repeated when I begged him later. I will not make apologies for how I chose to repair myself after he br—The decisions I’ve made and the life I’ve lived are my own, and I will not apologize for a second of it.”
YES PREACH
