"I rebuilt my life."
I tried to stop crying, but it was impossible.
"So much of who I am today is because of you."
"You paid for my first certification."
"You helped me rent this office."
"You gave me the money I needed to start over."
"I owe you more than you'll ever know."
He shook his head, but I kept going.
"I rebuilt myself."
"As a woman."
"As a professional."
"But there's still a part of me that bleeds every single day."
The tears wouldn't stop.
"A part of me misses what we had."
"A part of me wants to scream."
"Wants to throw all this pain back at you..."
"No one—not even me—could have foreseen what she was going to do."
He nodded.
I saw tears gathering in his eyes.
"It's horrible, Jonathan."
"It feels like this side of my heart will never stop bleeding."
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