DamonAfter the school family event ended, I found myself replaying Jim’s innocent wish over and over again inside my head.I also could not stop thinking about the way Mia had allowed me to hold her hand without pulling away.For anyone else, that moment might have seemed small or insignificant, but to me it felt like the first real step toward repairing everything I had destroyed years ago.I knew better than to rush her.I had already spent years making careless decisions, and I refused to lose her again because of my own impatience.This time, I decided that grand speeches and expensive gestures would accomplish nothing.Instead, I would simply show her, day after day, that I had truly changed.Over the following days, I became a steady presence in both her life and Jim’s life without forcing my way into either of them.Whenever Jim needed help with his homework, I made time regardless of how demanding my schedule became.Whenever Mia invited me to stay for dinner, I accepted with
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