-Celeste-
I regretted the words the moment they left my mouth. I should have been more adamant about going by myself. But his words weren’t far from the truth; Grandmother had only ruined my day with her trap presented as a proposition.
FLASHBACK:
“What proposition, Grandmother?”
She leaned forward, grinning like she had won before she even began. “I know this place was your mother’s heart and yours too. I dismissed it before, and for that, I’ll admit I was blind. But now I see it clearly. This is what you wanted, isn’t it? Your freedom.”
My eyes widened in surprise. For a moment, I almost thought that there had been a small c***k in her stone heart. I was wrong.
“That’s why you ran into his arms, why you defied me. You wanted to prove you could stand on your own. Well…here’s your ch
