Second Chances–1
I debated whether to tell him. Eventually, I gave in. He was my twin brother, what was the point of hiding anything?
“I kissed Thea, and she didn’t reject me,” I told him proudly.
It felt so fucking good, like I’d accomplished some kind of miracle. Those few minutes where she didn’t push me away gave me hope. Hope that maybe she still had feelings for
- me.
Damien grinned at me happily. “That’s progress.”
“Yeah, I said, then groaned, “Everything was going great until she remembered what I’d said to her and pushed me away.”
See, the problem with hurting someone is that when you try to make amends, you’re fighting against memories. You’re fighting against pain. You’re fighting against the scars
you created.
That’s how it was with Thea that day. The memory of my hurtful words came back. Those words, and the pain she must have felt when I first said them to her.
Those two things reminded her that I was the enemy. I was the one who hurt her, who caused her pain. Those two things were like a warning. A warning that trusting me might bring more pain. So she did what any sensible person would do in that situation–she
asked me to leave.
“What did you say to her?”
I didn’t want to repeat those words, but I told him anyway. I told Damien everything,

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