#Chapter19
Tawna
/"She needs a friend, maybe? Someone to get through and really see her?/" I try to stay on topic but he's making it hard.
/"I dated her for two years and I didn't ever get past the mask, but I guess I was the closest other than her mom. I saw glimpses but no one gets in, I doubt they ever will./"
What he says makes my heart ache and instantly sobers my sizzling hormones as I think about the reality of her existence. I was like her once. Alone, keeping people out, and looking back, it was that saddest part of my life.