Helanie:
"I wish I knew already, but Helanie--I am here for you. What I couldn't do for my sister, I will do it for you," he hugged me so tight and said such comforting things that my own family never did.
I had been crying on his chest for almost an hour and said whatever happened to me that night and then when I went home. I told him all about how my family wanted me dead and that I escaped to join the academy and take revenge.
He listened so sweetly and attentively, but also interrupted a lot with his reaction. I could tell listening is not his best pursuit without reacting with anger.
"Listen, I will not let that asshole harm you ever again. I will do the worst imaginable things to him," Lamar said, breaking the hug to cup my face in his hands.
