And then it happens. My vision clouds. My nose tingles. No amount of blinking helps. My mouth opens to answer, chin trembling, but instead that first tear falls, followed by the second, and the third, all of them cascading down my cheeks, and Emily soars across the hallway. She holds my quivering body tight to hers, and my words finally come, broken and shattered, just like me. “You said he wanted me too.”
