POV Richard
When I first met Amelia I totally screwed it up. I was cocky and asked her back to my place and when she smiled and said she would be back in a minute I actually believed her, but after 45 minutes of waiting for her to return I knew I had blown my chance with her. Back then I would pretend to be full of confidence to cover the fact that I was crippled by insecurity. My father had took every last piece of my self worth by constantly putting me down but I couldn’t let the rest of the world see that. My twin brother Roberts emotions were closer to the surface so people could see that he was a sensitive soul, but I preferred to pretend that I was a happy go lucky guy when inside I was a nervous wreak. I didn’t think I was good enough to have normal relationships, even friends. If
