I’ve seen Xander at some of the lowest points. I’ve tried to pull him up. I remember him at eleven. How he couldn’t get out of bed one morning. He was crying, sobbing, and could barely breathe as he said, “I don’t want to be here.” I had to call his parents. I stayed with him. I held his hand. It’s true that most clients don’t ask for their bodyguards to be in their room with them all day. Every day. But Xander Hale has different demons that he needs us to fight off. It’s why I’m here. What I’m made to do. When he stays inside the Hale mansion, his security detail is often posted in his room
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