Chapter 79. Discovery

Maybe, right now, he has his new direction, his new strengths that came from our brief crossing of paths. Perhaps he was always meant to lose me to find himself, too. Like somehow, this is some minor detail in a bigger plan, and our hearts may have been broken, but in the grand scheme of things, it was necessary for something else. Maybe Carmen was always his destiny, and they gave him the strength to betray our bond for that reason.

Who knows? I don’t think I ever will. I don’t think I will ever find the ability to forgive him for it either, even if it was all in the Fates’ crazy masterplan.

Maybe I’m trying to find a reason to justify all of this because I was always taught that the Fates are never wrong. They always have a purpose for everything they do, even if we can’t see it. Even leaving lonely little girls as unseen shadows in homes for unwanted, and then showing her a light of hope before crushing it in her face and throwing it far away.

I don’t dwell for