"Unless you don't want me," I say through gritted teeth, pointing my still outstretched finger first at her and then at me. "This. Us. I'll accept it because, Merlin knows, I've done everything I can to prove to you that I've changed. I'm trying to be a better person. Accepting the decisions of others is part of that. If you don't want me, just say so. Tell me to stay away from you and I will obey your command one last time."