“Oakley,” I start, voice cracking on the word, the sudden level of emotion I feel damn near overwhelming. “When I met you, I was just a dumb, naive kid, who didn’t know what I wanted or what the hell I was doing. I was lost, with no idea how to find my way. But, there was one thing I knew for certain: that I loved you. From the second I first saw you, I knew. And every day since then, it’s only—”
