“Sometimes an apology isn’t enough.” When he opens his mouth, I beat him to it. “Sometimes it’s not enough,” I repeat. “People like you throw out apologies like greetings, empty and meaningless, something you feel required to say. And people like me, people who like to believe there’s good in everyone, that we deserve second chances because we all make mistakes … people like me forgive you. We forgive you once, then twice. And again and again until somebody walks into our lives and shows us it’s not hard to keep promises. To apologize and mean it. To commit to being better. Until somebody
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