“We wait not because something magical will happen when you turn eighteen. We wait because it’s the right thing to do. You deserve to be waited for…. no one else has done that for you, Jesse. I’m not just going to take from you. I’m going to woo you Jesse Miller.” Should I laugh or should I cry? His words hit me hard. He’s right. Everyone has just taken what they want from me. No one has worked for it, earned it. “Okay, scary tattoo man, let’s see what you got in the wooing department.”

