I was sitting on the balcony when Jake woke up and joined me; Masha and River were already at class with their home school teacher.
He came over and kissed me on the cheek before taking a seat, “How did it go with Riven yesterday? You should have woken me.”
“You looked so peaceful. And it went better than I had expected. He’s hurt, but he understands and respects my decision, and I gave him my blessing to be with Min. If they can be happy together I don’t want to stand in the way of that.”
“You’re such an amazing person, do you know that? You handled all of this so well, and even after the pain that they caused you, you still want them to be happy.”
“Well I don’t think that they are bad people, and I don’t think that they meant to hurt me. Sometimes people just change and want differen
