This time I don't hesitate to move closer to him. His back is on me. I debate between opening my mouth and dragging him from the wall but I find myself wrapping my hands around his stomach slowly. His muscles tense under my touch but I tighten my arms as I rest my head on his back. He doesn't fight me to it. We stay like that for some time as his laboured breaths become steady and his back muscles relax finally but he starts shaking. His whole body is vibrating. "She... She was there." His voice comes out strained and my heart sinks at his broken voice. "She saw how I was broken as a kid. She saw what those kids at school did to me Kellane." Is he crying? Oh my God no. The situation is getting out of hand. I feel my eyes wetting too but I take every ounce of bravery in me to steady my

