*I could only nod my head at the two people in front of me. I knew they were right. There was nothing good that could come from me keeping my mouth shut. No one was going to know what I wanted in life if I didn’t speak up. But at the same time, I didn’t >
< don’t want to.” And I didn’t. At least, not tonight. I still needed the time away from Mommy Dearest. I wasn’t ready to go back to the expectation of not being good enough. And I wasn’t ready to be forced into learning things from Valentina.I just needed >
< could ever give into those feelings was here. At home, I had to be the carefree youngest child. I had to be the Princess. And I knew better than to try and be anything other than that.*
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I’m not saying that I’m not important, T. ~Biting down on the inside of my cheek, I felt myself start to fall down a very slippery slope. I couldn’t lie to Tierney. Ever since he had told me that I could come here when I needed to get away, he had learned >
< felt myself falling into the hole of self doubt and being too self critical. I knew it was a problem I had, but I wasn’t entirely sure how to stop it, either. It was just something that happened if I let myself give into the feelings. And the only place I >
*I could only look at the stew in front of me. This was a lot to take in. Cora and Tierney were telling me things I already knew. But I also knew that there was a lot on Daddy and Eoghan’s plate. I didn’t want to go to them for no reason. And this whole >
< not that important to take their time away from more important things. Everything is still new with Callum and Valentina. They need to worry about how the Irish and Italians are going to work together. Me having an existential crisis about what I want to >
< is actually kind of stupid. Because Valentina will never be a Wilde. Even if she and Callum do end up in love with each other, she’s not the person I need to learn from. I should learn from a Wilde. Not a Brunetti pretending to be a Wilde.
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~If there was anyone I could talk to about what was going on with me, it was Cora and Tierney. They understood me in a way that no one else got. I didn’t have to be the Wilde Princess when I was with them. I could just be myself. And I wondered if I was >
< everything.~ I feel like I’m playing a role in my family. But that role isn’t defined for any specific person. I’m a different person for everyone. And it’s driving me insane. And now Mommy Dearest wants me to learn how to be a Wilde from Valentina. Which >