Chapter 14 - My Daughter Asked Me What Love Should Feel Like, and I Gave Her the One Answer I Wish I'd Heard at Twenty-ThreeIsabelle was twenty-two.
She was engaged.
She asked:
“How do I know if he's right?”
I smiled.
“Does he let you be yourself?”
“Yes.”
“Does he respect your no?”
“Yes.”
“Can you leave?”
She looked surprised.
“Leave?”
“If you ever want to.”
She nodded.
“Then that's the beginning.”
“Of love?”
“Of freedom.”
Damian listened.
He smiled.
That night, Isabelle hugged me.
“Thank you.”
“For what?”
May you like
“For showing me what not to accept.”
I hugged her tighter.
