“I don’t want to feel like I’m not supposed to be here.” I suck in a breath, and my eyes open. “Jer.” His face bunches and he shakes his head. “Do you know what it’s like, realizing the universe fucked up?” His eyes are thick with tears he still can’t seem to let fall, despite bleeding out for me. “Do you know what it’s like to know that deep down, it has to have crossed people’s minds, my parents’ minds, yours?” “It should’ve been me.”
