ââIâm a mockingbird, okay?â she screamed in frustration, throat raw, unshed tears burning unseeing eyes like forest fires, 'Everyone tries to protect me and keep me safe, but itâs not because they value me. Itâs because they donât want to face what may happen if they donât hover over me and keep everything away!â He simply looked at her, knowing he was guilty of the very thing that was hurting her, but he didnât comment on it. Instead he said, 'Mockingbirds can fly away.ââ
-Excerpt from a book Iâll never write






























