when it's all said and done

[empireboys]

Between you and him, if I had to choose someone to blame, I would want to blame him. I would like to say that it is his fault that things turned out like this, that he was the biggest ass in the world, a heart-breaker and he did not deserve you. But it was you who made the choice, wrong as it was, bad as it was. You have yourself to blame, and the pieces to pick up after you allowed yourself the possibility of a car crash. Did you ever believe that he meant it when he said he loved you?

You basked in adulation and bloomed from the attention, but it left as soon as it came, and deserted you, hollow and alone. He never really loved you from the start. Maybe he was momentarily drawn to the corners of your smile or the bounce in your step, but he would never have been the one to hold you through the darkest times or to be willing to inherit your pain. You knew that, didn't you?

My sister writes like a punch to the gut, dammit.