Chapter Forty-Eight. Davina.
I cannot stop crying. Seriously, I am full-on sobbing, snot and everything. Years of feeling like the daughter that was not good enough, and the friend who was tolerated, rather than fully accepted, flooded out of me, in a torrent of tears that refused to be abated, no matter how hard I tried. I know that Mars means his declaration of love. I can feel it throughout every cell of my body. It is like the big missing puzzle piece of my life has just been snapped into place. Yes, there are still some tiles to find and add to the picture, but the main one, which shows me just how happy my life will become, is now firmly anchored in place. Acceptance and love flow through me, and it is a heady mix of joy and pain. The pain, because of the past, the joy, because I n
