“But I…” I do need you. Rhys and I may not have gotten along in the beginning, but now I couldn’t imagine not having him by my side. The kidnapping. Graduation. My grandfather’s hospitalization. Dozens of trips, hundreds of events, thousands of tiny moments like the time he’d ordered me chicken soup when I was sick or when he’d lent me his jacket after I left mine at home. He’d been with me through it all.

