“I’m done being a coward. I’ve been stuck for three years. In love with you but not courageous enough to tell you. That’s no way to live, it’s a shell of a life, a half life. So I made up my mind. I don’t want to live with just the hope of you, Lolly. I’ve tried and I can’t do it anymore. Holding on to the hope of you isn’t enough. I want you.” He