His words linger in my heart and bring a sense of heartbreak and anger. Hating him for this moment, but also loving him for it too. Keeping this stupid thing and what it symbolizes. Hating that he only ever compared me to the child of the past and ignored the person who was standing in front of him for years. All the while, I changed because he stopped seeing the girl he cared about and only saw a prison cell instead. All those years he persevered, and I wonder if it's because he held onto a version I no longer was and stuck by out of loyalty to our once...