Book 2: Chapter 8

“Don’t you think that’s their choice? How can they decide if they don’t know your worries, your fears, and your concerns? It is a Master’s job to take those into account. Otherwise, the things you’re doing are not safe. You have to let them have this knowledge,” she pointed out.

I hated when she was this rational, it made the argument boil down to the heart of it, a place I wasn’t really ready to go just yet.

“What if they decided I’m not enough? What if it’s too hard for them?” I whispered giving voice to my deepest fears.

“Then they are dumber than bricks and don’t deserve you anyway,” Maggie said fiercely.

I laughed through my tears just then because she sounded just like Mia.

“Just think on it. Use the time at the cabin to think on it and remember we love you,” Maggie said.

She always reminds me of that before we hang up and it never fails to make me remember what it meant to be part of a real family.

“Love you too,” I said and hung up.<