We drove in silence for the first ten minutes. Then I started laughing.
It started as a giggle, then grew into full bodied laughter that shook my whole frame. Elias turned in his seat, concerned, but I waved him off.
"I'm okay," I gasped between laughs. "I'm just... I can't believe I actually did that. I stood up to them. I told them the truth. And I walked away."
"You were amazing," Elias said, grinning. "The look on your father's face when you said you were in love with both of us..."
"I thought he was going to have a stroke," Ennis added, and there was pride in his voice. "You didn't back down. Not even for a second."
"I couldn't," I said, my laughter fading into something softer. "Not after everything we've been through. They don't get to control me anymore. No one does."
"Damn r
