Chapter Ten - The Realization

CHAPTER TEN

The Realization

THIS WHOLE TIME, I thought I was trying to understand her.
Understand what went wrong.
Understand how someone could hold so much of me and still walk away.

But the truth?

I was learning how to understand myself.

She was the trigger.
But the awakening was mine.

She showed me what I was capable of:
Softness.
Presence.
Stillness.
Stupid, deep, soul-level affection.

And now?

I don’t carry that love for her.
I carry it in me.
Because it’s mine.
Always was.

She just helped me unlock it.