I went closer to him, lifted him from the floor, threw my hands around him. I felt pity, as he sobbed in my arms. “I am scared… of losing you,” he sobbed relentlessly, I rubbed his back, I saw myself in him, no body wanted me, not my parents, not Dante, no one… except for this poor stranger. That realization was like no other, it was also the beginning of a bloom, I felt a tiny root of love bloom inside my heart for him, I felt him take a tiny space of my heart. “ I can never leave you,” I told him, and he stopped crying, he held tightly unto me, we lay in bed in each other’s arms, us … was all we had.. I contemplated on whether to tell him about his father and decided to remain silent.. Later that day, as we lay in bed watching a movie together. “I am going to quit my job,” I whispered as if he would not notice. He abruptly turned to me, his eyes fixated on mine, I lay down like I’d not said anything. “Say that again,” he begged.. “Say what again,” I asked a
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