“I don’t give a f**k,” she snaps. “I don’t need a f*****g red carpet. I just want to make sure they know that there’s someone who has your back.”
I can’t help but smile sadly. What would I do without Charity? She’s been more of a family to me in a year than my own family was for the first two decades of my life.
“I appreciate that, but—”
“Maybe you should tell Phoenix about this,” Charity interrupts.
“Phoenix?”
“Yeah. Since you’ve decided to throw your hat into the ring with him, you may as well. At least we know he can protect you from your… people.”
It’s probably a good idea. But my pride refuses to admit it out loud. I feel as though I’ve spent my entire life relying on other people. This one thing I should do alone.
It’s time I faced the truth of what I’d left behind.
I pick Th
