'My stepfathers are back.' the statement had come with nothing more than a shocker. the biggest shock of his life. he had not expected it. he randomly did not expect anything. but it was there. and he ought to have asked about some questions and the name of that statement. but what could he have said about himself? all he did was put forward. his eyes connecting with her as. there was nothing more than shame in the way that he looked at her. 1000 questions wrong his mind. and he definitely didn't have a single on top of them. but he had a lot of things to say. the courage to say them however was not something that he could muster. this was Lily Smith. standing in front of him speaking about something that was relatively difficult for her to talk about. and yet she had taken the initiative to trust him. to trust everything that came with him. even though many at times he had been nothing but a disappointment. abandoning her when she needed him the most,