Myles Seven Years Ago
This was the life I knew I was going to be thrown into. I expected the blood shed and the crime. I expected to be looking over my shoulder everywhere I went. I knew I would be okay with this life. Mostly because the only people I cared about learned how to protect themselves, or because I closed all ties with Bea so no one would know she meant the world to me.
The one thing that made me more of a liability in this world was the fact that I tended to care more. If I had my gun to someone's head, the minute they’d mention a family I’d hesitate. I would start to wonder what Bea would think of me if she saw me doing something like this. I would think of how disappointed she would be in me. Sometimes that doubt in me would end up with me getting hurt because I hesitated
