Page 171 of The Tendy

Is it easy?

Typically.

I love that she has her voice, that she uses her voice, that when anyone comes for it, she stands taller now.

Doesn’t mute herself.

Or try to lie first.

Would I have preferred that pigeon who I laid out get more than a minor league suspension, a fine, and sexual harassment rehabilitation classes?

Yes.

Except it wasn’t aboutme.

It wasn’t about whatIwanted – especially since no charges were filed in my direction.

It wasn’t about whatIthought was best.

And I got that.

Mil on the other hand?

He’s still struggling tounderstandthat concept as well as letting her speak for herself.

It’s an ongoing process, a lot like repairing the fractured trust that came from hiding the topic of us.

But similar to everything else in life – including the harder miles in our own relationship – it’ll get better with pracky.

And it’ll be worth the work.

It certainly is to me.

Because at the end of all, that’s what makes the tuneskie Gillybean and I make together so much sweeter than anything else out there.

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