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“But why? Why would you take this on?”

Her question makes me feel like my heart is being squeezed in her fist. It kills me that she has to ask, and I hate that I can’t say the words. It’s too soon, and I refuse to do anything that will scare her away. So instead of saying the three words that’ll terrify her, the ones that just might scare her away for good, I say, “Because I want to