I hadn’t dared to before.
“It wasn’t just the test,” I said. “It was feeling like I was standing alone. You didn’t protect me.”
He looked at me, guilt in his eyes. “I know,” he said. “I was weak. But I want to earn you back.”
And he did.
He stopped making excuses for his mother. He listened, showed up, and held me through hard days. He didn’t just say continue reading …