“I thought if I left, it’d be easier for you. Sometimes…I thought it’d be easier for everyone if I was…gone.” He hugs me tighter. “I-I tried a few times over the years, but I never could go through with it. I don’t know why. But I do know I hated myself every time because it wasn’t fair that I got to enjoy my life and Adrian didn’t. I wish it had been me. I’m sorry it wasn’t me.”
