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Why I Stayed

"Don't Worry Baby" - Beach Boys I could stay or I could leave ... I remember thinking this the day I found out. So much of me wanted to walk away, but it was too late. I'd fallen for you. Hard. Believe me I received an ear full of reasons why I should quit. I was expected to. You even expected me to since it was what I said I wanted: no ties, no lies, no kids. I didn't know what to make out of it so I cried. I cried so much I cried even more. I just couldn't understand why something so perfect had to be ruined so soon. Then you shut down...completely...and I stayed. I didn't want to abandon you. I remember calling out for a week from both jobs while you started a new one. I had an empty apartment all to myself, but instead I drove out to your crowded house to sleep next to you for what felt like only a few minutes. You had to leave by 3am every morning and by the time you finally came home, you were so exhausted you simply knocked out. I can't even rem...