Don't tell me to stop being sad
or to overcome my struggles!
I'm only being like this
because I can't help it.
THE Room fell silent, the weight of his words settling between them. For the first time in their long, complicated relationship, Manya felt like she saw something real beneath his mask of indifference. But she wasn’t ready to let him off the hook. Not yet.
“You’ve got a lot to make up for,” she said finally, her voice steady but laced with an edge.
“I know,” Waldron replied, his gaze never leaving hers. “And I will.”
She wanted to push him, to demand answers, but something in his tone stopped her.
“You don’t understand,” she said finally, her voice trembling but steady. “This isn’t just about survival for me. It’s about knowing who I am. If I don’t have that, I have nothin
