Jake leads me to his room, pulling me away from everyone else in the house. When he shuts the door and turns towards me, he blows out a deep breath -
"What did the Doctor say? How do we manage this?" He asks. I pat the seat next to me on the bed and when he sits down beside me, I repeat everything the doctor told me. Jake listens carefully, his eyebrows burrowed together as he absorbs all of the information. After I've finished speaking, he remains silent.
"I want you to understand that I have to do this, I've spent the majority of my life wishing I was dead Jake. I spent years being abused by Trevor and my Mum and I didn't want to live anymore. . .Until I met you. You gave me a reason to keep fighting, you gave me a future. I can actually vision myself doing things normal people would.
