Escaping Liam

by H.L. Swan

When someone makes you feel like you’re nothing without them, you begin to believe it.

Would life be different if I had a backbone? If I would have punched the daylights out of him the first time he dared to touch me?

I didn't care to fight; I had no fight left in me.

I’m scared that once she reaches the fire that surrounds me like a moat that she’d risk burning herself instead of walking away like she should.

You’re more than he made you feel.”