She wasn't the shy teenager hiding in her bedroom. She wasn't the broken girl who had married an older man with a daddy fetish. She wasn't the woman who felt the need to control every aspect of her life.
Freed from the strain of having to constantly prove her valour, Bella realized that she never had the chance to discover herself. All the stereotypes she had impersonated throughout her life had been a way of dealing with a reality that insisted on hurting her.
Losing everything she thought she wanted was the biggest gift Bella ever received. The time for pretence had come to an end, now it was time to become a real person.