THE THRESHOLD EFFECT
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Last published Tue, Dec 12, 2023
threshold effect: a sudden and radical change in a phenomenon which often occurs after surpassing a quantitative limit, called the threshold, also known as the point of no return.
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Willa Evans, self-diagnosed insomniac and ardent chain-smoker, sees no need to remain loyal to the place that pilfered her mother from her and let her become a quasi-orphan. Keeping a low profile is her thing; enter Mateo Delgado, the bane of her existence, and suddenly, she doesn't know who she is anymore.
She can't love him because he is the reminder of the infidelity her mother had to forgive, and she can't hate him because he's the only person helping her stay sane. Willa swears never to be in a relationship because what's the point if she'll only get hurt? But something about Mateo draws her in and she ignores her gut and allows herself to be happy with him. So when Briana Fuentes becomes the other woman in their relationship, Willa can't help but feel the full burnt of the curse of the generation before them.
Suddenly, she has to decide. Will she be like her mother: blame herself and wither away in sadness and misery? Or will she forgive Mateo and move on with him?
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