I can do pain. That’s the easy part of life. It’s everything else, happiness, laughter, love, that’s fucking complicated.
~ Jessica Sorensen
He gazes at the people in the truck. Are you driving back with them? Smiling, I nod. Yes. With a bunch of dudes? Yes. Is that safe? My smile expands into a face consuming grin. I am safer in that truck than I am anywhere else.
But no matter what happens, I spoke up, made a voice for myself, freed from the haunting memories that have owned me for the last six years. I found my courage.
