ALMOND Emotions are often seen as the weakest part of women, and not being able to control them can be used against women. I had allowed my emotions to get the best of me when I confided in Alvah, revealing secrets I had buried for a long time. I felt broken and terrified of the possibility of Logan returning, l was defenseless against him. What made it even worse was that I had just killed someone to protect myself and my daughter. All I wanted was to curl up in my bed next to Krystal and cry myself to sleep, but when Alvah said he cared about me and had searched everywhere for me, worrying about me, my last bit of restraint shattered, and tears flowed uncontrollably. I had become vulnerable to Alvah, unintentionally allowing him to breach the walls I had carefully built over the past f