Violet
My heart was pounding.
Was it excitement? Nerves? I couldn't tell. But it was louder than everything around me.
Everyone’s faces flickered with shock, awe, annoyance, and even mockery. But none of it mattered, because for the first time today, I felt like I could finally breathe.
God, today had been hell. From the moment I opened my eyes, it felt like the entire world was lining up to slap me down. One humiliation after the next. One reminder after another that I didn’t belong, that I wasn’t enough, that I was just background noise in other people’s lives.
Nora was the first to recover. Her eyes widened, like she couldn't quite believe I said it.“You’re serious about this?” she said with a smile. “You really want to break things up with Matthew?”
I scoffed. God, how could so
