Holly Bourne

“Be careful, Jessie,” I said. “All I can say is, if he did it to Mum, he can do it to you. The years are long. See how much he loves you in ten years’ time, see if he gives you everything he’s promised.”

I’ve never run smack bang into a brick wall

he was staring back at me

Men disintegrated into stumbling wrecks

dregs of the crowd

sobbing teenager running alone

“Now, who would be stupid enough to make you an ex-anything?”

“You know whoever he is, he’s an idiot,”

“I’M STILL YOUR DAUGHTER, DAD, DON’T TAKE THE HOUSE. DON’T DO THIS. DON’T CHOOSE THAT BITCH OVER US.”

“Your mother and her…drama is not my concern any more.”

“YOU CAUSED HER FUCKING DRAMA.”