“I couldn’t stay because of you! I left for you, Addy.” “What in the world are you talking about?” He might’ve been even more messed up than I’d thought. The hard mask he’d been wearing crumbled, revealing all kinds of emotions. “You told me you’d take care of me, but I couldn’t do that to you. Not when you’ve had to take care of people your whole life. I wasn’t going to be another burden to you.”
