Dominic's statement didn't really surprise me. I've had my suspicions since the day he took me to the tree house for the first time. I never expected to hear about the drama his Mum caused him, though. And even though I was already terrified by what he had to go through, I knew there was more.
"How did it happen?" I asked quietly, no more afraid to form the question.
We were already past the lies, both of us. I agreed to it the moment I stepped out of my apartment today and he did, too, when he took my hand in the hallway and led me here. If we were going to try to start again, we had to get along with the terms and face the demons that kept haunting us together.
"Leukemia." He simply said, as if he was stating nothing more than a fact.
I didn't say anything, wanting to give him time t
