“I’ve been suicidal for the better part of my life. I met Elena shortly after a suicide attempt. It’s…why I call her angel.” I’m hoping it’s not obvious that ‘shortly after’ actually means ‘during’. “I’ll tell you the same thing I told her. I had been living in the past for three decades and I didn’t think I had a soul left. I didn’t think I was capable of feeling anything other than pain and anger. She came into my world and tore down the walls I spent so much time building up. She made me feel worthy. She let me be vulnerable. My life was empty before she came into it, but now that I have
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