Chapter Seventy Seven

Communication without comprehension is pointless.

It was a lesson Liviana had to learn a million little times throughout the twenty-four years of life. And yet, it never seemed to stick.

She was a big advocate for communication. Livi believed that everything deserved to be talked about, no matter how insignificant it seemed. Big or small, she wanted to talk about it. She wanted to discuss and dissect it. Liviana wanted to listen and be heard. And more than anything, she wanted peace.

Liviana believed that when something was buried, ignored and put on the back burner, you were signing up for a catastrophe. If it sat too long- if you neglected the issue, it would begin to burn. It would stew and start a fire inside you, and you can only contain a fire for so long before it spreads and before you knew it, you weren't the only one getting burnt.

"It's always best to put out the flame before it can spark a fire," she would lecture, insisting that if something was wrong, then they should be