"Leo and I grew up together, but my mom didn't marry
"Oh? Then what did you mean when you said he agreed to be with you?" I was watching Leonardo when I asked him, because some part of me still wanted him to say something.
Everything I felt had been piling up until it pulled tight across my chest, and all I wanted was for him to let me out.
But he only looked at me. His throat moved once, like he was about to speak, and then he closed his mouth and said nothing at all.
It was as if one more word of explanation would have been a betrayal of someone.
Or I wasn't worth that one word.
"I'll head home, then. You two keep talking." I gave them a small smile.
I heard him call my name on my way down the stairs. He said it once, very low.
I didn't stop.
I didn't cry until I was in the back
