Chapter 23
“I can’t do this.”
“Do what?” Joey asked, coming up behind me, his hands rubbing my shoulders.
I shrugged him off and walked away. “I can’t be with you anymore. I can’t be this person. It isn’t me.”
“What are you talking about?” He sounded angry. He should be. I was.
“This. Us. It isn’t going to work. I’m not who you think I am.”
“Excuse me?” Joey backed away like I was about to tell him something truly horrible. Like I used to be a man. Or I was in witness protection. Or something like that.
“Ever since I met you I’ve been trying to be someone else. I’ve been trying to be more like my sister. She’s carefree and she’s fun and she’s always thinking about herself. I wanted that. Or really, she told me how boring I was and I decided to be more like her. At first I think it w
