The Man I Swore to Hate
“We’ll try again when you're ready. But for now, let me hold you. Let me carry the pain with you.”
And I let him. Because if there was anything left I still believed in—it was him.
The funeral was quiet. Just how Dad would’ve wanted it—no extravagant flowers, no elaborate fanfare. Just prayers, simple white lilies, and the steady sound of earth returning to earth.
It was a cloudy morning when they lowered him into the ground. I clutched Achileas’s small hand, standing beside Romero, my black veil rustling against the wind. My face was unreadable, but inside, I was sinking. There were no more tears left to shed. Romero stood strong beside me, hand on my back, ready to hold me up in case my kn
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