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“Someone, somewhere has failed you miserably. You were supposed to be loved, protected and cared for but you never were.“ charlie novak for penelope!
Penelope knew he was right-- and yet his words still caught her off guard. No one had ever seen her like he saw her-- no one ever realized her pain before, or how alone she had been. Charlie saw it all though, some days she wondered if he could see into her very soul. She felt the tears roll down her face before she could stop them, years of pent up hurt and neglect weighed on her, a mother who didn't protect her like she did her sisters, friends who only cared for her when she was there to boost their confidence and listen to their problems a society that told her she was never going to be enough or worthy of love.
All of that pain and yet she still managed to smile her way through it, until she met Charlie and for the first time in her life she felt cared for, heard and cherished. "I'm sorry--" the redhead whispered brokenly, dabbing at her eyes, but the tears would not stop. "I'm sorry--" I'm not enough, that I'm not someone anyone could love, that you're wasting your kindness on me, for so many things.
















