WHICH MAN STAYS?
"Getting away. Getting free. But it's not. The hardest part is learning to stay."
Sarah nodded, her gaze on the horizon. "The staying is the practice. The daily choosing. I didn't know that before. I thought the storm was the enemy. But the real enemy is the part of you that says you can't stay, that it won't last, that you don't deserve it."
Maya stopped, turning to face the sea. "What do you say to it now?"
Sarah was silent for a long time. Then she said, "I say, 'I'm staying anyway.' I say, 'I'll risk it.' I say, 'The roof will leak, but I'll patch it.'"