Maximus:
The past few days? Hell.
Not the dramatic, exaggerated kind. I mean real, soul-draining hell.
I finally decided I couldn’t do it anymore. So, I started the process of filing for a divorce. I thought maybe, just maybe, my parents would understand. Or at least stay out of it.
But my dad? He didn’t even let me finish.
He walked in on me and my mom talking about it and cut in with a firm, “Don’t you dare go through with that divorce.”
I just stood there, staring at him, trying to figure out what the hell his problem was. He doesn’t even like Jess. He has never hidden that. So why the sudden urgency to keep us tied together?
I’ve replayed that moment in my head over and over, and I still don’t get it. But one thing I do know? I’m not living my life for him. Not anymore.
“Maximu
