🍒 Chapter 19: Ceremonies, Conflicts, & Conflagrations

This episode chronicles the final rupture of Cece's childhood home. After repeated conflict, her mother asks her father to leave and files for divorce, obtaining emergency restraining orders. Cece describes hiding her truck at Bryce’s house, the anxiety of hearing the garage door open, and a frightening incident where her father attempts to enter the house despite changed locks. She reflects on forgiveness versus forgetting, breaking cycles of resentment, and learning to stop being a “welcome mat.” The chapter ends on a pivot toward the wedding — signaling both loss and new beginnings.

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⚠️ Potential triggers featured in this episode may include, but are not limited to:

• Divorce and restraining orders

No graphic sexual content is included.