I blinked.
“What?”
His voice was low.
“I never wanted to live like this.
I looked at him, confused.
“So… why?”
He closed his eyes for a second.
“Because I didn’t know how to do anything else.
The words pierced me.
“I thought if I kept going… like nothing happened… I was telling you it didn’t matter,” he continued. “And it did. A lot.
His voice barely broke.
“But I didn’t know how to leave either.
