“I don’t know; I barely believe in love and those two do have an undeniable spark.” Taylor smiles, and it’s the first genuine one I’ve seen on her since we started at Homeboty. Wait a minute, she doesn’t believe in love? Guilt wracks my bones because that lack of faith is definitely because of me. Her words from the cafeteria the other morning have been echoing between my ears ever since. She shot all my faults and mistakes back at me, and they were dripping with venom, too.

