~Sparrow Takes Flight~
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“Do you know why I love you?” Joliette sat at the edge of the bench, staring straight ahead. “Do you know why I keep coming back to you time after time?”
Parveen said, “Tell me.”
“Well, you’re hot, for starters, but it’s so much more than that. You understand me. I need my freedom, and you get that. You would never try to tie me down or hold me back. With you, I’m free. We’re together, we love each other, but I’m still free. You would never tell me how to live my life or impose your beliefs on me. You love me for who I already am, not for some idea of who I could be. You love me without being possessive, without being jealous. You live your life, I live mine, and we meet somewhere in the middle. And when we meet...” Joliette giggled. “God,
