Desiree. I needed some fresh air, and I understood that there was only one person who could give me what I wanted. It wasn't because I couldn't push for it but because I needed to be skeptical about the ways that I attended to things so that I did not lose my mind in the process. It would have been easier to forget about everything, I'm just pretending like you did not exist, but in the meantime, it was also going to be too much for me to handle afterward. "Why are you bothered?" Brandon asked me as we fell into step with each other. I didn't know how to broach the subject without sounding ungrateful. For reasons best known to me, I wanted to see the entire world without being saddled with the responsibility of taking care of everyone. "I don't have the necessary skill set to be

