"I'm not giving up, I'm letting go before I drag you down with me. You've stood by me through so much, Em."Colter Briggs' words echoed through my entire being. I knew that nothing I said would change his mind. He believed he wasn't good enough for me. That he had something to prove. Barely holding back tears, I walked to my car clenching the necklace that he'd put around my neck. I gave it to him when he won his first race. He'd worn it every single one since.But not anymore..."Now it's yours," he said quietly. "Until maybe, one day, I earn it back."I cried in my car until I had no tears left. "One day" seemed so far away. I was never ready to let him go, and I didn't know if we'd ever find our way back to each other. Maybe "one day" will never existed...
"I'm not giving up, I'm letting go before I drag you down with me. You've stood by me through so much, Em."Colter Briggs' words echoed through my entire being. I knew that nothing I said would change his mind. He believed he wasn't good enough for me. That he had something to prove. Barely holding back tears, I walked to my car clenching the necklace that he'd put around my neck. I gave it to him when he won his first race. He'd worn it every single one since.But not anymore..."Now it's yours," he said quietly. "Until maybe, one day, I earn it back."I cried in my car until I had no tears left. "One day" seemed so far away. I was never ready to let him go, and I didn't know if we'd ever find our way back to each other. Maybe "one day" will never existed...
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