“Lies are told for a reason, baby girl. “

“To protect the ones you love.” Jason said, looking at me with that smirk of his. The very smirk that drew me into that hell of a relationship.

I tried to make it work. To be honest that’s all I ever did in the relationship, try.
Try to understand Jason, the way he behaved. Why he behaved that way.
His complexities, insecurities and needs, then wants.

Then on one of those days when I was trying to try, the old me somehow found her way back up. You know? After being constantly shouted down. She just found her way back up.

Well she has always been like that, a fighter. Never one to be bullied, until the new me came around.

The new me whom decided to put up with Jason.

“Why?” The words escaped from my lips, not pleading and all timid-like with quivering lips. It wasn’t necessarily a question, “Why?” more like an accusation.

I heard how I sounded, angry,...