"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."
—Mother Teresa
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After that night of blunt exchanges, I started calling our sessions Kiss & Tell. It fit the dynamic between us, though not literally—as I didn't need to kiss him for him to spill his truths; I only had to ask. Still, the name worked, especially given how often things between us teetered on the edge of suggestion while he answered my questions.
So, whenever I had more than one question lined up for him, I opted to say, "Renzo... kiss and tell?"
And his answer always came quick: "Shoot, Detective."
Renzo was a man of extremes—sophisticated one moment, basic the next. Days in the bunker made me see how fast he could switch between the highest highs an
