I wanted to be angry with her for bringing Nico back into my life, but I had a feeling it would have happened one way or another, regardless of her interference. Instead, I just felt defeated, lowering myself onto the stool beside her. “It’s complicated, Mama. Seeing him stirs up so many emotions. Sometimes it’s good, but sometimes it hurts so bad I can’t breathe.” “The people we love are always the ones who hurt us the most. If we didn’t care about them, their actions wouldn’t hurt.” “I get that sometimes we hurt people on accident, but if you love a person, why would you intentionally do something you know is going to hurt them?” “Why does a parent s***k a child? Why tell your sister the guy she’s dating is an asshole? Sometimes it’s easier not to do those things, but we do them because
