HAYDEN
I didn’t leave her dorm room that night.
I tried to but I just couldn’t find it in me to leave her alone when she was feeling so down. Mark got home late at night and we all ordered take-out for dinner but I didn’t leave when it was getting late.
Not because anything happened. No,we didn’t cross that line and I respected her too much to take advantage of her while she was in a vulnerable state.
But because when someone finally trusts you with the weight they’ve been carrying for years, you don’t just hand it back and walk away.
You sit with them. In it, through it, even if all you’re doing is breathing beside them in the quiet.
Coleen was curled up on her bed, legs tucked under the blanket, hair still slightly damp from the shower she took after crying. Her eyes weren’t red an
