Chapter 24

Billy was pacing up and down the room in silence and with his face half-turned from me; he kept on telling me not to worry about anything. I couldn’t stop wondering though, why his father didn’t have the need to lend a hand in a situation like this, especially since he was in danger of being exposed or whatever theory Billy considered a secret. But I believed and trusted that he may have indeed had his own good reasons. Billy’s up and down pacing came to a halt and he decided to go to bed with me. For the first time in a very long time, sleeping in Billy’s arm made me feel loved and wanted. It made me feel special and a