“I don’t want you to wait and be all martyr type again. For once, I want you to raise your voice and demand what is rightfully yours, because I am ready. I’m so ready to move on!”
He stares at me for several intense seconds before a slow smile curves his lips. “Are you now?”
I nod, trying very hard not to show any kind of hesitation as I explain to him what I’m feeling, confident in knowing that he is actually listening. “What the Queen Mother told us yesterday hit me hard. It got me thinking how stupid I have been before, letting Jack still have a hold on me like that. It took knowing that our parents gave up their happily ever after so that Lila and I may have a chance for ours… before I finally accepted that you were right. I have been giving him so much power over me, when the best I
