“Of course. It should be your decision, whatever it is.” She waved me back inside and shut the door. “Mom and my therapist keep starting sentences with ‘you have to’ and ‘you’ll need to’ and ‘you’ve got to.’ I don’t think anyone’s ever said I can start the sentence with ‘if you want to.’” She breathed a relieved-sounding sigh. “Right now, I need to be able to say I don’t want to.” “Then I’ll bring you eggs and experimental casseroles until or unless that changes.” Her eyes bowed into half-moons. “Enabler.”
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