The Man Who Stayed When Blood Walked Away

or what I want to do someday, or if I’m happy. He just kept talking about himself… about how hard life’s been for him.”

She wiped her face angrily.

“He called me ‘kiddo’ three times because he couldn’t remember what I studied in school five minutes after I told him.”

The pain in her voice was unbearable.

“I kept waiting to feel something,” she whispered.continue reading …