My hands clenched. I resisted the words forming in my mind, that if uttered out loud would destroy decades of a belief that I was unlovable.
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Three Words That Cracked Open Decades of Lies
My hands clenched. I resisted the words forming in my mind, that if uttered out loud would destroy decades of a belief that I was unlovable.