Chapter 4

For five years, Leo and I had been each other's rock.

He saved me from the shadows of my childhood, and I pulled him back from the edge when he was about to break.

We connected on a level no one else could, always supporting each other. Getting here wasn't easy.

We had our share of little arguments, too.

Whenever Leo wasn't satisfied with a tattoo, I'd go straight to the tattoo shop and get it lasered off, no questions asked, so he could start fresh.

The laser cutting into my old scars was excruciating—bone-deep and heart-piercing.

But it didn't…