She still remembered sitting ...

She still remembered sitting for hours as a little girl and pretending to be a hassock. A foot stool. Because if she could just stay very small, and very quiet, her mother would forget she was there, and then she wouldn't scream about people and places and things that had gone wrong.
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 Eloisa James

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They were partners. She would always make impulsive decisions and he would make slow, reasoned ones. He would always be a little terrified that she would look at him with the scorn he saw in his mother's eyes. And she would always be a little terrified that he would look at her and not love her enough. In short, they were made for each other.
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 Eloisa James
Yes, it's quite amazing how I continue to shock my mother even after all these years together
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 Eloisa James
I don't want to have to earn love by giving up my ability to make decisions that determine how I live.
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 Eloisa James