POV: Leo
Her tears hit me harder than I expected.
I’d seen Angel flustered, annoyed, even nervous—but this was different. This was raw. Real. The kind of vulnerability that didn’t just creep under your skin—it shattered every defense you thought you had.
“It’s my dad,” she said, her voice trembling as she tried to keep it together. “His heart… it’s failing him. He needs a transplant, but they said… they said he’s too far down the list.”
She looked at me like I might have the answer, like I could pull a miracle out of thin air. And maybe I could. But nothing in my world came without a cost, and I wasn’t sure she understood that yet.
I reached out instinctively, my hand resting on her shoulder. “Tell me everything,” I said, my voice steady.
She led me to the back of the shop, the fain
