Chapter 27
Chapter Twenty Seven
Brody
Seeing a broken Finn walking into my apartment almost destroyed me.
A week without seeing him was unbearable, but I needed that time to really think about what I wanted.
Jamie was right to say that I needed to live my life just for me, not worrying about what other people thought.
I still didn’t want my life displayed on social media, but I was tired of hiding the fact that I was in love with Finn.
Finn deserved to be with someone he could take out in public. I didn’t want to hide when we wanted to be together. If the world made speculations… then let them.
If I lost friends over this, then they were never my friends in the first place.
I would talk with my family soon, but right now, I needed to fix the hole in my heart.
Asking Finn to stay was the first step in taking the leap into the next chapter of my life.
Sitting next to me now, he appeared larger than life and content. I laced our fingers together. He squeezed, bone-crushing.
When the first light of day hit the far wall, he whispered, “I want to try.”
He kissed the top of my head. “Okay.”
I snuggled closer to him as he wrapped an arm around my shoulder. “No matter what happens, just remember that it’s you and me. We will figure out whatever comes our way.”
Something deep down inside of me told me that he was right. That together, we could find a way to forge ahead in our relationship, no matter the obstacles that lay in our way. Life was worth living, and I was ready to live mine as my authentic self.