Now that I stopped crying, the same settled over me like a weighted blanket.
“I’m sorry that I’m such a mess,” I said with a sigh. “I guess I just had a moment of weakness with the trail being tomorrow and everything. You don’t have to stay here. I’m fine, I promise.”
Noah’s weight shifted next to me on the bed, but he didn’t get up. “I’ve been able to tell that something has been bothering you for a long time, so spill it.”
“I know that Levi cared about my dad and wanted to do the right thing when my parents died, but it was all a mistake. They should’ve just let me go to the orphanage just like all of the other kids without a family.”
Noah paused for a moment before he responded. “Why do you think that?”
“Levi didn’t choose me, he got stuck with me and I’ve been a burden ever since
