This piece explores the painful process of sacrificing what we want for what we need. The gut-churning decision to step up and do what is right instead of what is easy. The thing that no one ever tells you is that there are no prizes or awards for doing the right thing – especially when it involves breaking someone’s heart.
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[...] Kobakov’s riffs course through my veins. I sink into myself. I am transported a few months back, where neither space nor time existed. There is only that couch, and him and I on it. We breathe in each other’s scent. His lips gently graze mine. [...]