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He takes a deep breath and squeezeshis chin onive into hiood "I’m sorry I couldn’t be there for you like you were for me I justI had to numb myself from the world I had a constant storm of fucked up e the past, but I can promise you better for the future"

I can’t help the tear that runs down my face I still reo He was roaroup of older boys – all troublemakers He stopped when he saw me and I couldn’t help but to smile at him He was the cutest boy I had ever seen and when he s enveloped me After that day, I sat behind ain When he did, he walked over tohi about hiht He needed that and much more After that, ere inseparable

I let the tear roll downsure that it drips away fro so

"Hemy," I whisper

"Yeah" He pulls my hair back and holds it in a ponytail

"I don’t want to talk about us Can we just enjoy this bubble bath withoutto hurt you? Please, I don’t want to hurt you"

Letting out a sht the few candles that surround the tub When his ar scares the shit out of me I haven’t even spentin his arripshis lap I grip his shoulders and push away froles his hands in my hair "He careful when it comes to me," he says confidently "I’e that"

His hands tighten inhis ses The feel of the steel bars, poking o for a ride – a Hes around his waist and close my eyes as he brushes his lips overwith hi I have felt in years I need a distraction, sohts in another direction

"Do you still wonder about your sister," I ask, stopping his kisses "Are you still looking for her?"

I feel his body tense below me before his arms wrap aroundday It seee Wisconsin was the last place I saw her before I was adopted and o I still check in, hoping thatluck I have even checked anywhere within a few hours of Wisconsin and nothing My parents were pieces of shits and did this on purpose They left us in different places, Onyx They dropped e I know they dropped her off too Then they ran No one has seen them since They were miserable and wanted to be sure ould be too"

I take in a gulp of air at the ree He lost his whole fae was the only one he truly had and he couldn’t even protect her froe if you saw her? I mean hoould you knoas her? It’s been ten years and she was so young"