I stood there with tears on my cheeks and sobs escaping my lips, not sure how to respond to this. My heart wanted me to hug him and tell him I forgive him.
My heart was telling me that I’m the big sister and that no matter what he is my little brother and I’ll love him always. My brain was busy figuring out whether it wanted to listen to my heart.
I mean he never put his hands on me, he just said mean things but he never said anything close to the nasty things everyone else said.
I was torn between trusting him and getting hurt or pushing him away and losing my brother. He stared at me, searching my eyes, I’m not sure what he saw in them but after a while, he said “ love you forever” with a dry, raspy voice, and walked away.
I started to stop him but before I could he was gone. I t
