I honestly didn’t know how I made it back home to my father’s house. It was one big blur—the kind of blur you just want to forget forever, but knew you never could. I couldn’t stop crying. I felt so embarrassed—like extremely embarrassed. I can’t belive that’s how the people who i cared about the most, saw me. Was I really that pathetic? Was my love for Gianni a weakness? I used to think my love for him was my strength. I loved him unconditionally, more than anybody else could in his life. People only tolerate Gianni, but I loved him through and through. All the good parts, and all the bad parts—but somehow, I was the pathetic one. And don’t even get me started about my best friend. If you could even call her that. She really thought I was pathetic, even though she re

