17 Chapter 16

RAQUEL

I hadn't meant to ignore him, still I had...I was too afraid to face him and tell him everything. Of how I'm still marrying Terrance because I'm still too ashamed to come to terms that I may just be in love with a younger man of a different race...

Who happens to be partly responsible for this occurrence in me

Who knows how to hold me and just talk to me

Mother's words fall into my brain," None of those things on whether or not he makes you feel special matter if his lifestyle involves scraps."