At My Brother’s Wedding, They Gave Me A “Limited Access” Badge

chance,” I said carefully. “But I’m not going back to how things were.”

“I don’t want you to,” he said immediately.

“And your parents?”

His jaw tightened. “They’re going to have to learn what you already learned: that love doesn’t mean automatic access. It means earned trust.”

I held his gaze for a long moment.

Then I said, “Okay.”

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