‘Talk to me, Kiddo,’ Hank says, voice quiet and yet there’s a lingering authority there that’s almost impossible to ignore. Part of me is tempted to do just that out of mild pettiness.
I stopped explaining. 12. The old me deserved better. 13. Read old chats. Regretted it. 14. I became my own escape. 15. Nothing hurts louder than silence. 16. Still healing. Still hiding. 17. I disappeared without leaving.