“That’s not how they see it, even if I had the right to do what I did. I couldn’t just sit back and stay with Lena when she knows I want children,” I said.
“It’s still f****d up.”
“Yes.”
She nodded once, her anger settling into something steadier.
“Then you need to deal with it properly.”
“I am.”
She looked at me, waiting.
“I don’t mean saying that,” she said. “I mean doing something that makes it clear this doesn’t happen again.”
“It won’t happen again.”
“And how are you making sure of that?”
“Legal.”
The word landed differently than everything else had. It cut through the emotion and settled into something more solid. Controlled. Intentional.
Jade went still for a moment, then nodded.
“Good.”
Her voice was quieter now, but firmer.
“Because that’s not something you ignore.”
