"To give someone a chance to love oneself..."
After dinner, Melina slipped into the practice room alone. Using the techniques Paddy had taught her, she masked her presence, successfully avoiding Melphe and everyone else.
She needed a moment of quiet, a space entirely to her own. She had to admit that her anxiety and depression were one-sided constructs. Inside her, there was always an undercurrent of anger, coupled with an inferiority complex hidden beneath a veneer of arrogance.
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