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He chuckled “I’ll take it, but I know it goes a lot deeper than that” He took a drink of his coffee, wanting to be let into her head and her life “I’ht place at the right time”
“Yes, that’s true,” she agreed, her gaze softening “When I saw you last night, I was overcoular person, like I always did ere together You were like this lifeline I needed so badly, and I grabbed hold”
He was humbled that she still harbored that depth of trust when it cao “Lifeline from what?” he asked
She shrugged and absently pushed the rest of her pancake around on her plate “Fro”
His eyes widened in surprise “You’re not happy being a faer?”
She sighed and sat back in her chair, her expression introspective “That’s a hard question to answer There are aspects of my life and career that I love and thatand interviews and ad cans Or even the obscene as me the kind of joy that it should”
His shock multiplied “No?”
She shook her head “I’ my mother’s dream, not my own,” she said, the words painfully honest “You saas forup My iving ood kid, I did exactly what she said, even though it wasn’t alhat I wanted And that need to please her just kind of carried on into er And nowI don’t knoho I am anymore”
Her voice cracked on that last sentence, and Collin tried lightening the rinned “You are Raevynn Walsh, acclaimed pop star”
“But that’s not all I want to be” Sadness flickered in her blue eyes “Don’t getAnd even fununtil I was surrounded by agents andain Then it beca andAnd I’m not sure it’s what I want anymore”
Her misery was so palpable it made Collin’s heart ache for her “What do you want, Rae?”
“I wantnorular people took for granted “I want to walk out in public and not be ambushed by paparazzi I want my private life to be kept private, instead of my every move written about in articles and splashed across celebrity sites I’ up to everyone else’s expectations And the worst part? Even being surrounded by dozens of people on a daily basis, I hate that I still feel very alone and lonely because I don’t knoho to trust beyond superficial friendship”
He nodded in understanding, even though it was hard to i in that kind of bubble “Maybe it’s tih he kneas easier said than done in her situation
“That’s what I have to figure out,” she agreed with a nod “All I know right now is that I need balance, and I need to be happy”
Yes, she definitely deserved that “What would irl?” He wanted to see her sh, and whatever her heart desired, he’d find a way to give it to her