The Wake-Up Call

by Beth O'Leary

We are all misled and misdirected from time to time. Perhaps there really is no shame in that, as long as we wake up to it before it’s too late to change.

I would like to believe that I can let a person see me, and that once they have, they might think more of me, not less.

demisexual, as in, she’s only attracted to people when she’s formed an emotional connection with them first.

‘Though I kind of like that you’ve seen that side of me. The worst of me. People tend to think I’m super nice, and I do try to be, obviously, but . . . Sometimes everyone’s a bit of a bitch, aren’t they? I get a bit exhausted trying to keep it up nonstop without ever slipping up and swearing at bad drivers or complaining about guests, you know?’