DJ
When Ellie said she needed more, I had no idea what to say. For the first time in my life, I was speechless—unable to believe that she felt so deeply or genuinely.
I had understood parts of her life from my mother, but seeing the intensity of her dream, the rawness of her reality, shook me to the core. I'm not a shallow man.
I believe in love and family, but after Penny, I hadn’t trusted anyone—least of all myself. I had made too many bad decisions, nearly done irrevocable damage to my own family.
Ellie knew what I was and what I was offering, but she chose her son. That choice was like a sledgehammer to my chest. Even my own mother could be selfish at times, but Ellie turned her entire world upside down for Danny.
She worked sixteen-hour days without rest to ensure he had a hea
