And then there was quiet

[shatteredxglass]

I made him say it. I made him apologize for the abuse. I made him admit that it happened. I made him tell me he knew how much I had done for him. I heard in his voice that it was real.
And now it's quiet in my mind. The churning, the anger, stopped.
There it is now. It's real and I'm not crazy. It's real and it's not a secret.
I can move on now.