#Chapter50
SHONDRA
Present day
/"There’s been only you, Axel. Since we split up in D.C... since the night of your graduation, there has been only you./"
Axel stepped back, his face registering shock at my confession. I couldn’t let the embarrassment of telling him my secret stop me, so I gathered up my burgeoning courage and kept going.
/"There has been only you because you were right. I couldn’t love anyone properly until I learned to love myself./" I let out a self-depreciating giggle that grated the inside of my throat. Loving myself was once an impossible dream, but through patience, understanding and forgiveness it was becoming a reality. /"I started going to a therapy after our… incident in December. My therapist helped me realize how much I’ve hurt you over the years, and I’m sorry, Axel. I truly am… for everything./"