Fifty Shades of Desire: A Collection of Lust and Love
“Can you hear yourself? Aurora, you’re talking about ruining your own life just to spite them.”
“You don’t understand!” My voice cracked, and the first tear escaped. “I try so hard, and it’s never enough. They don’t love me, Maya. They hate me.”
The dam finally broke. I sobbed into her shoulder, the sound of my grief filling the quiet space.
Maya didn’t let go; she just rubbed my back and whispered that she loved me, that she cherished me, until my breathing finally leveled out.
Hours later, the school day felt like a blur. I sat through my lectures, but the words were just noise. My mind was trapped back in that hallway with my mother, or in the dark study with my father.
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