Behind The Mask
“I’m glad you feel lighter. And remember, no one has the right to dictate how you handle your pain. She destroyed your childhood, Nico. That’s a wound no one else understands. The decision, the justice, it’s all yours.”
His eyes softened, gratitude breaking through the hardness. He smiled, leaning over to pull me into a quick side hug. I laughed, the sound cutting through the heaviness like sunlight after a storm.
Nico lowered himself onto the couch beside me, exhaling like he was spilling out years of secrets.