JaxI lie in my bed, staring at my phone—more specifically, at my text thread with Lily. She’s so mad, and I can’t blame her. I can’t believe she didn’t come home for Thanksgiving. Not only did I f**k up her life as far as we’re concerned, but now, I also f****d up her life with her family.
I don’t know why I thought this break would make things better for her, but I truly did. I knew that she would be upset at first, but I was hoping that she would be back to her normal self soon. She knows it’s not forever.
I have had my dad in my ear, calling her a distraction, since my freshman year of college when I refused to break up with her as he’d thought I should. He has always been so afraid that my relationship with her would hold me back, not allowing me to reach my potential, my dreams—or m
