He Said Someone Like Him Would Never Date Me — So I Made Sure He Never Would

place—the same feeling I used to get in college when a problem that seemed unsolvable suddenly resolved into clean, logical steps.

“What does that mean?”

“It means you’re well within your rights to take it back.”

For the first time since the rooftop bar, I felt something that wasn’t grief or humiliation. I felt power—quiet, controlled, and very real.

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