It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)

by Colleen Hoover

My choice helped me realize that sometimes the hardest decisions a person can make will most likely lead to the best outcomes.

Do I sacrifice what I know will make me happy for the sake of avoiding the inevitable disruption Atlas’s presence would cause? Or will I always have an Atlas-shaped hole in my heart unless I allow him to fill it?

‘You’re stressing over things that haven’t even happened yet.’ ”

My loyalty is to the people who bring positivity into my life. My loyalty is to the people who want to build me up and see me happy. Those are the people I’m going to make decisions about my life for.

There’s this toxic belief that family should stick together simply because they’re family. But the best thing I ever did for myself was walk away from them.