The truth is obvious, no matter how much I try to hide from it.
I’ve forgiven him.
Not for what happened to me. I have no reason to be angry with him over that since he was also manipulated. I’ve forgiven him for how he treated me in the beginning.
Is it that easy to forgive someone? My eyes are wet as I reach out to my reflection in the mirror. Is that why I feel so much lighter?
Suddenly, I can see those couple of months I spent with Cedric in a new light. Maybe he was a jerk at the start, but he showed me he cared the only way he knew how. And I never saw it or understood those gestures because nobody had ever cared for me before, because I had accepted that he didn’t care for me. All I knew was that I was dependent on him for survival, and therefore, I had to please him.
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