I’m done with this!
“We’re going out on a date.” The tone of his voice was happy.
His words appeared to unlock a wellspring of resilience inside me. After finding the phone, this was the first time I’d felt anything close to anger. Experiencing extreme anger. This person apparently felt he could simply bully me. What gave him the idea that he could scare me? That wasn’t going to be as simple as he had hoped. If I were to die, I would take him with me. And then nobody other would have to go through what I experienced.